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ADMIRALTY Port Approach Guides take information from existing ADMIRALTY charts and publications to help simplify a number of passage planning tasks and support Master Pilot Exchange (MPX).
Key features of Port Approach Guides include:
- Planning information for individual ports including principal lights and landmarks, pilotage and port specific warnings. Displayed on one chart, this information can help users to simplify the planning of port entry and exit.
- International Code of Signals (ICS) flags help bridge officers quickly identify warnings and current notices for specific ports, increasing situational awareness and supporting safe navigation.
Our product demonstration film gives you a visual overview of the product's key features
Familiarity and reassurance
All charts display widely used and instantly recognisable features and symbols, giving bridge officers clarity and reassurance during times of peak workload and pressure. Each Port Approach Guide contains official planning information taken from our portfolio of ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions.
Quick reference
International Code of Signals (ICS) flags link text panels to chart features to help bridge officers identify warnings and notices for the area they plan to sail, improving situational awareness.
Extra information to aid planning
Each Port Approach Guide displays a range of planning information for a specific approach. This additional planning information may include contact details and harbour regulations, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) information, principal lights and landmarks, specific warnings, tide and climate information, anchorages and prohibited areas, dangerous cargo, pilotage, berth information and port services. Clearly displayed on one chart, this information can help to save bridge officers time during passage planning and Master Pilot Exchange (MPX). It can also help to make the planning of port navigation quicker and easier.
Updates
We provide regular ADMIRALTY Notices to Mariners (NMs) to help you ensure your ADMIRALTY publications are maintained and up-to-date with the latest safety critical information.
These weekly NMs can be downloaded for free from our website, or the paper bulletin can be bought from your ADMIRALTY Distributor.
ADMIRALTY Planning Charts
Planning charts to help improve situational awareness on the bridge
ADMIRALTY Maritime Security Charts
Safety-critical information to assist passage planning through high risk areas
ADMIRALTY Mariners' Routeing Guides
Routeing information for the world’s busiest and most complex shipping routes