The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has extended the timetable for ceasing its paper chart production in response to user feedback. For more than two centuries, mariners, shipping companies and international…
https://gcaptain.com/ukho-extends-timeline-for-phase-out-of-admiralty-paper-charts/
by Kevin Hamilton (University of Hawaii) In 2021, an expedition off the icy northern Greenland coast spotted what appeared to be a previously uncharted island. It was small and gravelly,…
For more than two centuries, mariners, shipping companies and international governments have relied on UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) charts to safely navigate the world’s oceans. Today, the agency announced it…
https://gcaptain.com/going-digital-ukho-to-phase-out-traditional-paper-nautical-charts/
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is set to begin implementing its sunset plan for paper nautical charts as it transitions exclusively to electronic navigation charts. NOAA announced its…
UKHO highlights dangers posed by counterfeit ADMIRALTY products
TAUNTON, UK – 10 December 2020: The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is reissuing a warning for the industry to be aware of the dangers of counterfeit versions of ADMIRALTY charts and publications, after observing an increase in the number of counterfeit products in circulation.
These counterfeit items pose a significant danger to crew, vessels and cargo, as they have not been...
The US NOAA announced it is undertaking a five-year program to end all raster and paper nautical chart production. Ultimately, production of all NOAA paper nautical charts, raster navigational charts (NOAA RNC), and related products, such as BookletChartsTM will cease.
This comes as the IMO now mandates that all large commercial vessels on international voyages use electronic navigational charts (ENCs). In 2016, the USCG started allowing regulated commercial vessels on domestic voyages to use...
https://safety4sea.com/noaa-to-cease-production-of-paper-nautical-charts/
NAPA, a maritime software, services and data analysis provider and ChartWorld, a digital chart agent, announced their partnership to provide artificial intelligence-driven voyage planning and optimization.
The solution incorporates modules for evaluating the operational efficiency of past voyages. It then uses this data to improve the efficiency of future transits where there are similar variables and trends.
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NOAA’s Office of Coast Survey announced its plans to change the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) maintained channel depth values on raster nautical chart products, which include paper nautical charts and the corresponding digital raster navigational chart.
Minimum depths are collected during periodic USACE sonar surveys of channels. These depths were provided on raster charts, but controlling depths will now be replaced with the original channel design dredging depths used by the USACE....
https://safety4sea.com/noaa-makes-changes-in-channel-depths-on-raster-nautical-chart-products/