ADMIRALTY Digital Publications

Admiralty Digital Publications (ADP)  provide mariners with efficient, intuitive and flexible navigation and planning of passages.

Included with ADMIRALTY Digital Publications:

The worldwide authority on light and fog signals: Admiralty Digital List of Lights

The worldwide authority on maritime radio signals: Admiralty Digital Radio Signals

Aiding in the calculation of time and positions: the time-keeping and positional references in Digital Radio Signals – Volume 2

Digital Radio Signals – Volume 6 contains essential radio information for maritime communication covering 3,600 locations around the world.

Global tidal predictions are provided by Admiralty TotalTide. This real time service predicts both height and stream data.

 

Offering

Admiralty Digital Publications allow bridge crews to access important information in an efficient and timely manner. These improved efficiencies enable crews to devote more time to decision making and less to clerical tasks. Most ships carrying out business have flag state approval: ADPs meet with carriage requirements.

 

What are ADMIRALTY Digital Publications?

Essential paper publications produced by the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) have been made available in digital form by Admiralty. ADP contains identical information to corresponding paper publications and are approved as meeting SOLAS carriage provisions.

 

The ADMIRALTY Digital Publications range currently includes:

The Admiralty Digital List of Lights (ADLL): Over 70,000 lighthouses and other sources of light are covered. Weekly updates are available by e-mail, CD or Internet download. This is the most comprehensive guide to maritime lights available today.

 

The Admiralty Digital List of Radio Signal (ADRS):

Volume 2: Digital and position references for timekeeping and position calculation. This reference allows crews to ensure that they are following the correct route and the correct time.

Volume 6: Important maritime radio information for 3,600 locations around the world. Includes information for port operations, pilot services and vessel traffic services.

 

Admiralty TotalTide (ATT): Contains tidal height and stream predictions for over 7,000 ports and 3,000 tidal stream locations around the world, making it one of the most exhaustive and comprehensive sources of tidal information available.

 

Advantages of Digital Applications

The easy-to-use, intuitive interface of ADMIRALTY Digital Publications combined with powerful search functionality allows crews to access information in a pleasant, efficient manner. Regular updates allow crews to receive changing information on an expedited basis as well. Crews who have access to all available information are afforded the opportunity to make thoroughly considered decisions.

 

Mariners may purchase licenses for only ADMIRALTY Digital Publications that they require, so that they may be individually installed, operated and updated. Licenses allow crews may make one working copy per ship so that each publications may be shared by separate computers (including one with an independent power supply) to comply with SOLAS carriage provisions.

 

Overlays to Support Voyage Planning

A growing number of back-of-bridge software providers provide support for the Admiralty e-Planning Station, which enables users to view ADMIRALTY Digital Publications in a window overlaid on official charts.

 

Helping Prepare For Digital Navigation

Many maritime shippers are making the move from paper-based to digital. ADMIRALTY Digital Publications are the perfect starting point for crews making the transition from traditional paper charts and publications to more modern electronic alternatives.

 

Compliance

Almost all ships operating today have flag state approval to use ADMIRALTY Digital Publications. Given that ADMIRALTY Digital Publications provide the same information, with improved access and reference tools, they are seen as meeting the standards as paper publications by almost all flag states. Inspection teams appreciate the ease of which they may check the library and most recent updates in a simple, streamlined process.

Those concerned with approval from their flag state may contact them directly or consult the list of flag states which have provided approval or guidance to the UKHO.

 

Quality-Assured Information You Can Trust

The UKHO is the world’s leading hydrographic body and is renowned for its quality assurance standards. Admiralty Digital Publications are exact digital replications of physical UKHO publications. The ADP library has been assembled and all information thorough checked for accuracy by a team of leading experts in the hydrographic field.

 

Fast and Efficient Updates

Updates are available electronically, by e-mail, download or shipped CD. Traditional publications take a great deal of time to update manually. Introducing errors with manual updates is common as well. Regular electronic updates for ADMIRALTY Digital Publications and other digital products eliminates many of these concerns.

 

Global Coverage – More Routes and Ports

ADMIRALTY Digital Publication products are divided into regions that allow mariners to purchase only the information they require. New licenses may be added as needed, providing flexibility and cost savings.

 

THE ADMIRALTY DIGITAL LIST OF LIGHTS

The Admiralty Digital List of Lights is the most complete and comprehensive reference for fog signal and navigational light information in the world. It provides mariners with detailed information on fog signals, lighthouses, floating light marks and lightships across the globe. The ADLL provides in-depth information for more than 70,000 light structures and contains an exact replication of the information contained in the original paper-based edition with the added functionality of regular, weekly updates.

 

Familiarity and Reassurance

Because the ADLL is an exact replication of the paper publication, users feel confident with information presented to them. The same familiar symbols and legends are used on charts. The layout and format of the ADLL is identical to physical editions.

 

Compliance with SOLAS Requirements

The ADLL is broadly acknowledged with fulfilling SOLAS convention carriage requirements. Ships which operate under SOLAS convention provisions are safer for crews and face limited scrutiny from inspection authorities.

 

ADLL Provides: Timely Updates of Essential Light Changes on a Rolling Program

  • Electronic updates are available on a weekly basis through an Internet download, e-mail or CD shipped in the mail. When compared to manually updating paper Notices to Mariners by hand, electronic updates offer a convenient and streamlined solution.

 

  • Manual updates are prone to human error. This risk is removed when using electronic updates. Additionally, increased time-savings allows crews to spend more time with other important considerations.

 

  • Numerous search options are available: by location, by text string and by geographic window.

 

 

  • Crews may print and export data to allow for providing pre-passage planning, shore based and other operational needs.

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ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals

 

Aids ongoing safety, security and compliance by helping bridge crews to manage communications and meet reporting regulations.

 

Part of the ADMIRALTY Digital Publication (ADP) range, each ADRS volume contains all the detail of its paper equivalents, with the added convenience of fast, accurate weekly updates and simple searching of information. These important features can save bridge crews time and reduce the risk of human error.

 

Sold separately, the ADRS range includes:

 

  • ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals Volumes 1, 3, 4, 5 (ADRS 1, 3, 4, 5) – radio communication details for Maritime Radio and Meteorological Observation Stations, Maritime Safety Information Services and GMDSS.

                                                 

 

  • ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals Volume 2 (ADRS 2) – a range of compliant, digital positional and timekeeping references that aid the calculations of positions and times worldwide.

                                                 

 

  • ADMIRALTY Radio Signals Volume 6 (ADRS 6) – essential information for 3,800 service locations worldwide, including detailed pilot, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) and port information.

                                                  

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Once you’ve chosen ADRS we can offer you guidance to help you get the most from the service. Support items include installation guides and YouTube tutorials, with further support available from ADMIRALTY Chart Agents and our in-house customer service team.

ADMIRALTY TotalTide (ATT)

 

Provides bridge crews with fast, accurate tidal height and tidal stream predictions for more than 7,000 ports and 3,000 tidal streams worldwide.

  

Key features of ATT include:​​

 

  • ​​​Accurate tidal predictions, reducing the risk of human error and providing bridge crews with an easy means of viewing both under-keel and safe overhead clearances

                                                

 

  • Approved for use by the Flag States of over 80% of ships trading internationally, with certification to aid inspections

 

Here to help

 

Once you’ve chosen ATT we can offer you guidance to help you get the most from the service. Support items include installation guides and YouTube tutorials, with further support available from chart agents and our in-house customer service team.

 

 

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