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Croatia: harbour light out of service at Kaštela and Bakarac

The Croatian Hydrographic Institute (HHI) has issued two current navigational warnings pointing to changes to harbour lights. Affected are Marina Kaštela near Split and the small harbour of Bakarac in the Kvarner region. Especially at night and in poor visibility, skippers should be aware of the changes and should not rely solely on older charts or plotter data. Anyone cruising...

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High Density Electronical Navigational Chart (HD ENC) - new digital nautical charts

The Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) has published the first "High Density Electronical Navigational Chart" (HD ENC). The new digital charts primarily feature more accurate depth information and therefore guarantee better and safer navigation. In two years' time, the "S100" chart project will be the logical next step towards even more accurate nautical charts. New "S100" chart project to...

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Raymarine Axiom Pro2 Serie

Chart plotters, i.e. marine navigation devices that show an electronic chart on a display, were originally mainly used in large-scale shipping. They are now integrated into electronic information systems (ECDIS), which cover the entire ship management. Chart plotters have found their way into the recreational boating sector due to the sharp drop in prices in the 1990s and are now...

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Updating and correcting paper nautical charts?

Sport skippers should always have up-to-date nautical charts on board. In addition to electronic charts, these do not always have to be new (paper) charts; it may also be worthwhile to correct older material. This also applies to Croatian waters. SeaHelp explains what should be paid attention to. Paper nautical charts represent (in addition to the now widespread electronic nautical...

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AIS - maximale Sicherheit auf See

AIS (Automatic Identification System) is a transponder system as it has been known from aviation for a long time. Since December 2000, it has been chosen by the IMO as a mandatory standard and provides accurate data on the status of an AIS-equipped vessel to all other vessels in the vicinity. AIS equipment In principle, AIS equipment can be distinguished...

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History More than 43 years ago, on February 22, 1978, the first satellite of the Navstar GPS system was launched into orbit by the United States Space Forces, ushering in a new era of position determination. Originally designed purely for military purposes, civilian use was permitted by order of then U.S. President Ronald Reagan after a Korean Air plane accident...

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