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ADMIRALTY Digital Sailing Directions
The ADSD test phase closed on 30 September, supported by valuable feedback from more than 76 completed surveys. This insight is helping us refine ADSD to ensure it delivers real value to passage planning professionals worldwide.
ADSD is being developed to provide:
- Smarter access to trusted information – with intuitive search, filtering and bookmarking.
- Greater confidence at sea – with regularly updated content that crews can depend on.
- Improved efficiency – saving valuable time in both planning and decision-making.
With ongoing refinement, ADSD is evolving into the intuitive passage planning tool to support safer, more efficient and more sustainable voyages.
Why ADSD?
ADSD brings essential voyage planning information into a single, trusted platform; providing clear, geo-referenced, regularly updated and authoritative information, powered by the UK Hydrographic Office's world-leading navigational data.
Designed for practical use, ADSD aims to save you time, improve the discoverability of Sailing Directions data, and help you plan with confidence for port entry and coastal navigation.
Product benefits
- Provide clear, geo-referenced visualisations to enhance situational awareness
- Enable you to quickly find the information you need with intuitive search and bookmarking features
- Support confident, efficient voyage planning using authoritative UKHO data
- Allow you to easily export information to simplify passage planning
- Offer an interface shaped by mariner feedback for practical, real-world workflows
