News and insights

The UKHO and our counterparts in Japan, the Japan Hydrographic and Oceanographic Department, have agreed plans to withdraw our dual-badge charts for Japanese waters. 

UKHO signs MoUs with Port of London Authority and Peel Ports Group, strengthening collaboration in port sector.

Explaining the new and existing IHO standards for ECDIS and explain why they’re so crucial to ensure safe and efficient navigation at sea.

A guide to symbols and abbreviations in ECDIS. In this blog we share information on how ENC symbols are displayed on ECDIS, and useful resources to  help you navigate with confidence.

In readiness for the transition to S-101 Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs), the UKHO is rescheming its S-57 GB ENCs into a gridded format to enhance consistency, safety and the overall user experience for mariners.

What are Category Zone of Confidence (CATZOC) values and how can they support safe navigation?

Eleven new 'high density' Electronic Navigational Charts (HD ENCs) are available through ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS).

Update from UK Hydrographic Office on paper chart withdrawal.

Withdrawal concludes a successful era for port-scale charts providing planning information for some of the world's busiest approaches.

Exploring the key topics and themes we covered at our SMM seminars.

S-102 holds out the exciting possibility of providing mariners with greater granularity of bathymetric information than the current generation of ENCs, supporting safer and more efficient navigation. In order to move forward with confidence and to ensure that S-102 meets the needs of users, it is important to put it to the test in a real-world setting.

High-speed, low-latency networks are vital to improving data exchange, ship-to-shore communications, and safety at sea