UKHO Chinese agreement

摘要

The UK Hydrographic Office has signed a new bilateral agreement with China's Maritime Safety Agency (MSA) under which it is to distribute all 257 Electronic Nautical Chart (ENC) cells covering Chinese domestic waters via its Admiralty Vector Chart Service (AVCS).rnThe agreement represents a continuation of the close historical relationship between the two bodies while supporting the inter- governmental International Hydrographic Organization's commitment to provide adequate global ENC coverage of all main shipping routes by 2010. The inclusion of official Chinese data is thus seen as a significant addition to present coverage of Far East shipping lanes, which are accustomed to particularly high volumes of traffic.