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Important Information For Chart Users

The following Australian and Admiralty publications should be referred to when using Australian Nautical Charts, Seafarer RNCs and Australian ENCs. Note: you should ensure that charts and publications are kept corrected.

Related Information Published by Australia

  Symbols, Abbreviations & Terms Used on Australian Charts
 

Notices to Mariners #17 - Symbology Used on Australian Navigational Charts PDF
Contains symbology which has not been adopted in the International Hydrographic Organisation INT 1 (symbols & abbreviations) publications for use in Australian Navigational Charts.

  Australian Publications
 
Title Edition
Australian Notices to Mariners Updated fortnightly
Annual Australian Notices to Mariners 2008
Australian National Tide Tables 2008
Seafarer Tides 2008
Australian Seafarers Handbook 1st (2004)

These publications satisfy Chapter V of the SOLAS Convention as amended in 2002 and promulgated for Australia under AMSA Marine Orders Part 21, Order 6 of 2003, which details carriage requirements for nautical charts and publications necessary for the intended voyage.

Related information published by the British Admiralty

 

(1) Current editions of Sailing Directions and their latest supplements.

NP No Title
9 Antarctic Pilot
13 Australia Pilot Vol I
14 Australia Pilot Vol II
15 Australia Pilot Vol III
33 Philippine Islands Pilot
34 Indonesia Pilot Vol II
35 Indonesia Pilot Vol III
36 Indonesia Pilot Vol I
39 South Indian Ocean Pilot
44 Malacca Strait and West Coast of Sumatra Pilot
51 New Zealand Pilot
60 Pacific Islands Pilot Vol I
61 Pacific Islands Pilot Vol II
62 Pacific Islands Pilot Vol III
136 Ocean Passages for the World

(2) Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals

NP No Current Edition
83 Volume K, 2008/09

(3) Admiralty List of Lights and Fog Signals (Digital)

DP No Current Edition
565 Admiralty Digital List of Lights

(4) Admiralty List of Radio Signals

NP No Title
281(2) Volume 1 – Part 2 – Coast Radio Stations – Oceania, the Americas and the Far East
282 Volume 2 – Radio Aids to Navigation, Satellite Navigation Systems, Legal Time, Radio Time Signals and Electronic Position Fixing Systems
283(2) Volume 3 – Part 2 – Maritime Safety Information Services –Oceania, the Americas and the Far East
284 Volume 4 – Meteorological Observation Stations
285 Volume 5 – Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS)
286(4) Volume 6 – Part 4 – Pilot Services, Vessel Traffic Services and Port Operations – Asia and Australasia

(5) Tidal Publications

NP No Admiralty Tide Tables  
203-08 Volume 3 Indian Ocean and South China Sea (including Tidal Stream Tables)  
204-08 Volume 4 Pacific Ocean (including Tidal Stream Tables)  
     
NP No Co-Tidal Atlas  
215 Edition 1 South East Asia  
     
NP No Admiralty Tidal Prediction Software
550-05 TotalTide CD-ROM
560 Simplified Harmonic Method of Tidal Prediction (SHM for Windows) CD-ROM

(6) Distance Tables

NP No Admiralty Distance Tables  
350(2) Indian Ocean- Indian Ocean and part of the Southern Ocean from South Africa to New Zealand, Red Sea, Persian Gulf, Eastern Archipelago  
350(3) Pacific Ocean - Pacific Ocean and bordering seas  

(7) Miscellaneous Publications

NP No Title
100 The Mariner’s Handbook
294 How to Keep Your Admiralty Charts Up-to-Date
735 Maritime Buoyage System

 

For more information about British Admiralty publications, please visit www.hydro.gov.uk.


Other Related Information

  M4 - Regulations of the IHO for International (INT) Charts & Chart Specifications of the IHO  
  http://www.iho.shom.fr/publicat/free/files/M4_2005_v3002.pdf PDF
Regulations of the IHO for International (INT) Charts & Chart Specifications of the IHO. Published by the IHB Monaco
Used with permission.
 
  INT 1 - Symbols, Abbreviations & Terms Used on Charts  
  ecPILOT - Electronic Charting Guide and Reference Library (IHO)
Interactive aid for INT 1, M4 & S-57 produced by the UKHO on behalf of the International Hydrographic Organisation.
Used with permission.
 
  IHO - Publication Downloads  
  IHO Catalogue of Publications
The IHO has many publications that are available for download. Some are freely available, while others are avilable for a small fee or to IHO members and Subscribers.
Used with permission.
 
  Guide to Charts & Carriage Requirements  
 

Members of the two leading ENC centres – PRIMAR-Stavanger and IC-ENC – have joined forces to create a comprehensive guide to charts and chart carriage requirements which has now been comprehensively updated. Written in an easy to read “question and answer” style, this guide answers over twenty of the most commonly asked questions about electronic charts and their use. The new edition (edition 2) is now split into 5 separate documents focusing on different aspects to allow you to find the information you need more easily.

The new sections are:

  1. Facts About Electronic Charts and Carriage Requirements PDF
  2. Compendium of Flag State ECDIS Requirements PDF
  3. Training Requirements PDF
  4. Technical Details of Electronic Charts PDF
  5. Appendix: References and Glossary PDF
 

 

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