Hydrographic and cartographic products and services including importance of updating Commander Tim S

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Hydrographic and cartographic products and
services(including importance of
updating)Commander Tim SewellHead of
International Partnering (Americas)
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Outline

• Context
• Charts and publications
• Updating
• Conclusion

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Shipping requirements

• Ships may be tempted by economic pressures to
  take a short cut to save fuel and time, or to
  achieve pilot RV.
• Increased size of vessels growth in hazardous
  cargoes increases consequences when things go
  wrong
• Cruise operators may be tempted to go to new,
  increasingly exotic, places the Caribbean
  provides a classic example

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Protection of the marine environment
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Coastal Zone Management
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Exploration for, and exploitation of,marine
resources
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Disaster management planning and relief
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SOLAS Chapter V Regulation 9 Hydrographic
Services

•  2.2 Contracting Governments to prepare and issue
  nautical charts, sailing directions, lists of
  lights, tide tables and other nautical
  publications, where applicable, satisfying the
  needs of safe navigation

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SOLAS Chapter V Regulation 9 Hydrographic
Services

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Contracting Governments 2.3 To promulgate
notices to mariners in order to keep nautical
charts and publications, as far as possible, up
to date 2.4 To provide data management
arrangements to support these services.
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Why accurate and up-to-date nautical information?

• Risk reduction
• Modern charting
• Confidence in charts and publications
• Cost benefits
• Increase in trade tourism
• Heightened profile
• Safety of navigation

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Penalties for inactivity

• risk of accidents increased
• shipping loses confidence in ports
• international trade declines

• economic stagnation
• environmental impact
• liability and litigation

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Who provides nautical information?
Only local authorities can ensure prompt
collection and timely distribution of important
navigational information.
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What do you need to ensure happens?

• Set up organisation to
• Obtain and check information
• Issue NAVWARNINGs and/or Notices to Mariners
• Send the information to charting organisation to
  inform the rest of the shipping world
• Remember - it is as important to know what has
  gone as what is new

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Conclusion

• Nautical charts and publications must be
• Available published as charts and
  publications, by or on behalf of an
  Administration.
• Accurate based on adequate source data, and
  regularly updated by timely NAVWARNINGs, Notices
  to Mariners and new editions as appropriate

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Contact Tim Sewell Head of International
Partnering (Americas) E-mail tim.sewell_at_ukho.gov
.uk Tel [phone] ext 3745 Fax 44
(0)1823 723380