ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts (SNCs)

Overview

Over 3,500 ADMIRALTY charts

ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts (SNCs) are the world's most trusted and widely used official paper charts. The range includes comprehensive paper coverage of commercial shipping routes, ports and harbours to help bridge crews safely navigate in accordance with SOLAS regulations.

Over 3,500 ADMIRALTY charts with coverage appropriate for navigation of deep sea, coastal passages, port approaches and harbour berthing
A range of scales to provide appropriate levels of detail and increase situational awareness, including: Large-scale charts for main ports and harbours, medium scale charts for coastal navigation and small-scale charts for offshore navigation
Weekly updates and new editions to help maintain high levels of accuracy, safety and compliance

Available through ADMIRALTY Print On Demand (POD)

POD allows our ADMIRALTY Distributors to print the latest SNCs on site and fulfil your ship’s urgent orders in the quickest time possible.

You can find out which ADMIRALTY Distributors offer POD on our How to Buy page.

Find out which ADMIRALTY Distributors offer POD

Updates

We provide regular ADMIRALTY NMs to help ensure your ADMIRALTY charts 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 .

View and download the latest NMs here

How to update Standard Nautical Charts (SNCs) tutorials

We provide regular ADMIRALTY Notices to Mariners (NMs) to help you ensure your ADMIRALTY charts are maintained and up-to-date with the latest safety critical information. To help you carry out these updates, we've created a range of short tutorials that demonstrate how to apply NMs using our tracings, what equipment you should use and what to do if you make a mistake. You can access these films by clicking on the links below.

Alternatively you can view the whole playlist on the ADMIRALTY YouTube Channel.

Film Title	Description	Link
Film Title Equipment and tools	Description The tools you will need, and how to use them, when updating ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts using ADMIRALTY Notices to Mariners	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title An overview of Notices to Mariners and how to use them	Description An overview of NMs, how to use them and keep a record of applied updates	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Explanation of terms and symbols	Description An explanation of terms and symbols you might find on an NM Tracing	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Inserting a cable	Description How to insert a cable	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Inserting a legend	Description How to insert a legend	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Amend the range of a light	Description How to amend the range of a light	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Inserting a buoy and description	Description How to insert a buoy and description	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Moving a light beacon	Description How to move a light beacon	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Inserting and deleting a leading line	Description How to insert and delete a leading line	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Replacing a depth	Description How to replace a depth	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Deleting a buoy and description	Description How to delete a buoy and description	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Deleting a light description and sector	Description How to delete a light, description and sector	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Deleting a note	Description How to delete a note	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Moving a buoy	Description How to move a buoy	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title Applying an NM Block	Description How to apply an NM Block	Link Watch Tutorial
Film Title What to do if you make a mistake	Description How to remove mistakes made during updates	Link Watch Tutorial

Leisure Chart updating

We also provide Notices to Mariners (NMs) for our Leisure Chart series, as well as guidance on how to apply these updates to Leisure Charts.

Download the guide to keeping Leisure Charts up-to-date

Sending copies of ADMIRALTY Charts and Publications

A statement on the copying and transmission of ADMIRALTY charts to vessels at sea.

Sending copies of ADMIRALTY Charts and Publications to vessels at sea

Buy Standard Nautical Charts

A full list of these charts, their coverage and available scales can be viewed in the ADMIRALTY products and services catalogue (NP131).

To find out more information or to organise purchase, please contact your ADMIRALTY Distributor. If you don’t have a preferred distributor, you can search a list of worldwide, experienced and trusted distributors on our how to buy page.

The ADMIRALTY Digital Catalogue (ADC) can also provide you with a comprehensive reference of all ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions.

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