SECTION III NM 35/10 MARINE INFORMATION NOAA CHART NEW EDITIONS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY

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1 SECTION III NM 35/10 MARINE INFORMATION NOAA CHART NEW EDITIONS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY NOAA recognizes two paper nautical chart products: - the Print-on-Demand (POD) chart distributed by OceanGrafix ( and - the traditional NOAA/NOS paper chart distributed by the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). The Print-on-Demand chart is available the day after NOAA clears a New Edition for release. The traditional chart is available two to eight weeks later. Each is official, should be put into service immediately, and meets Federal chart carriage requirements immediately upon its release. Each should be updated from the dates shown in the lower left corner of the chart. For questions, contact NOAA at help@nauticalcharts.gov or call x105. Dates of Latest Edition for both charts are listed at This week s new editions released by NOAA are listed below (These NOAA charts are now available in both the Print-on Demand and digital raster formats. See for details.): th Ed. July 2010 NEW EDITION NAD 83 (NOS Silver Spring, MD) FLORIDA - INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY - CHARLOTTE HARBOR TO TAMPA BAY 1:40,000 (New edition due to numerous Notice to Mariner and hydrographic changes.) th Ed. August 2010 NEW EDITION NAD 83 (NOS Silver Spring, MD) EAST COAST - MASSACHUSETTS - BUZZARDS BAY 1:40,000 (New edition due to numerous Notice to Mariner and hydrographic changes.) th Ed. August 2010 NEW EDITION NAD 83 (NOS Silver Spring, MD) WEST COAST - CALIFORNIA - SUISUN BAY 1:40,000 (New edition due to numerous Notice to Mariner changes.) NGA CHART NEW EDITIONS AND THEIR AVAILABILITY NGA recognizes two paper nautical chart products: - the Enterprise Product on Demand-Maritime (epod-m) chart, and - the traditional NGA paper chart distributed by the Defense Logistics Agency and the Federal Aviation Administration. The Enterprise Product on Demand-Maritime (epod-m) chart is available the day after NGA clears a New Edition for release and is available to Department of Defense (DoD) customers and other authorized U.S. Government users. The traditional paper chart is available six to eight weeks later. Each is official, should be put into service immediately, and meets Federal chart carriage requirements immediately upon its release. Each should be updated from the dates shown in the lower left corner of the chart. For questions, contact NGA at mcdepod@nga.mil. This week s new editions released by NGA are listed below. These NGA charts are now available for download in the epod-m format (large PDF print file) at the following websites: - NIPRNet: - SIPRNet: th Ed. August 7, 2010 NEW EDITION WGS-84 (NGA Bethesda, MD) PORTO DE LISBOA - PACO DE ARCOS TO TERREIRO DO TRIGO 1:15,000 (Correct through NM 32/10). Limited Distribution III-2.1

2 NM 35/10 SECTION III NEW EDITION OF SAILING DIRECTIONS Pub. 153, Sailing Directions (Enroute) West Coasts of Mexico and Central America, Thirteenth Edition, 2010, is now available through electronic access at the Maritime Safety Web site ( This edition will be available on the Digital Nautical Publications-Quarterly Update, 3rd Quarter 2010, CD-ROM. This publication has been corrected to 17 July 2010, including Notice to Mariners No. 29 of Digital Nautical publications will be updated using a binary patch file called Publication Data Updates (PDU). PDU files are cumulative or sequential ensuring customers will not miss any changes and may be accessed on the Maritime Safety Web site ( NEW EDITIONS OF FLEET GUIDES Pub. 940, Fleet Guide Atlantic, Fifth Edition, 2010, is ready for issue to the Department of Defense (DoD), qualified DoD contractors and U.S. Government Agencies supporting DoD functions only. This Fleet Guide includes all Fleet Guide Atlantic Chapters published in one book and has been corrected to 31 July 2010, including Notice to Mariners No. 31 of Pub. 941, Fleet Guide Pacific, Fifth Edition, 2010, is ready for issue to the Department of Defense (DoD), qualified DoD contractors and U.S. Government Agencies supporting DoD functions only. This Fleet Guide includes all Fleet Guide Pacific Chapters published in one book and has been corrected to 31 July 2010, including Notice to Mariners No. 31 of These editions are produced by NGA in digital format only, available on the Digital Nautical Publications-Quarterly Update, 3rd Quarter, 2010, CD-ROM and/or electronic access through the following websites: - JWICS: - SIPRNet: Digital Nautical publications will be updated using a binary patch file called Publication Data Updates (PDU). PDU files are cumulative or sequential ensuring customers will not miss any changes and may be accessed on the Maritime Safety Web site ( NGA DIGITAL NAUTICAL PUBLICATIONS-QUARTERLY UPDATE The Digital Nautical Publications-Quarterly Update (Limited Distribution), Second Quarter 2010, is ready for issue. The publications within are corrected to 26 June 2010, including Notice to Mariners No. 26 of 2010*. To improve usability, the CD-ROM interface has changed from an executable (.exe) format to a web-based (HTML) format. The production schedule of Digital Nautical Publications-Quarterly Update coincides with the production schedule of the quarterly Notice to Mariners issues, namely 13, 26, 39, and 52 or 53 of each year. Disk No. 1 contains updated copies of NGA nautical publications, including all 42 Sailing Directions Enroutes/Planning Guides, The American Practical Navigator (Pub. 9)*, International Code of Signals (Pub. 102), Radio Navigational Aids (Pub. 117), World Port Index (Pub. 150)*, Distances Between Ports (Pub. 151)*, Radar Navigation and Maneuvering Board Manual (Pub. 1310)*, Sight Reduction Tables for Marine Navigation (Pub. 229)*, Sight Reduction Tables for Air Navigation (Pub. 249)*, Fleet Guides (Pub. 940 and Pub. 941), and NOAA Tide Tables and Tidal Current Tables*. Disk No. 2 contains the Summary of Corrections, List of Lights**, Chart No.1*, Notice to Mariners issues 51/2008 through 26/2010, including the associated high-resolution graphic correction files for printing, United States Coast Pilot Series**, USCG Light List Volumes, USCG Navigation Rules International-Inland*, and NWS Observing Handbook No. 1. Both disks include marine navigation calculators, digital Chart/Publication Correction Record Cards and hyperlinks to the Web sites of various maritime organizations. * Those publications marked by an asterisk are currently not updated via the PDU process, but are still updated via textual corrections published in the weekly Notice to Mariners. Where applicable, the copies of these publications included on the CD are updated to Notice to Mariners 26/2010, but it is the user s responsibility to examine the Notice to Mariners for corrections between quarters accordingly. ** Those publications marked by a double asterisk are updated twice between quarters via the PDU subscription service. These Volumes will be corrected via the PDU subscription service. III-2.2

3 SECTION III NM 35/10 It is important to note that this product is issued and updated quarterly and users must still refer to the Maritime Safety Web site at for updates between issues. NGA also offers an subscription service for Publication Data Updates (PDU), which automatically delivers newly-released PDU files as attachments as well as announcements of new editions of publications. To enroll in the PDU subscription service, send a blank to join-pdu@goldweb.nga.mil from the account where you wish to receive the PDU file. Since the PDU files can vary in size from 500 kb to 3.5 Mb, subscribers should ensure that their service allows attachment files up to 4 Mb. To update a publication between issues of the Digital Nautical Publications-Quartely Update product, users must install the publication file from the CD-ROM to their computer s hard drive and apply any PDU file(s) issued during the quarter. An install executable has been included for each publication for ease of installation. DoD, U.S. Coast Guard, or any other Executive Branch Agency subscribers of Digital Nautical Publications who have not yet received a copy should contact the Defense Logistics Agency Customer Support at: Defense Supply Center Richmond RMF Hydrographic Section ATTN: DSCR-FANAH 8000 Jefferson Davis Highway Richmond, VA Telephone: DSN: Toll Free: or 6524 Web site: NATIONAL GEOSPATIAL-INTELLIGENCE AGENCY S IMPLEMENTATION OF A HARDCOPY TO DIGITAL TRANSITION STRATEGY Since the mid-1990 s, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has been working to improve digital navigation product support for the US Navy and other US Government users. The US Navy is transitioning to digital navigation, thus reducing the need for NGA to continue production of hardcopy charts. Therefore, NGA has begun a gradual transition from hardcopy chart production to a digital data maintenance environment. This notice is to advise mariners, chart agents, and other users of this strategy. During the gradual transition from hardcopy charts to digital charts, NGA will continue to make certain hardcopy charts available only to US Government-approved entities, in accordance with US law or international agreement. These particular charts will be identified as bilateral charts, since they are the product of international bilateral agreements and are duplicates of foreign copyright charts. Each bilateral chart will carry an NGA chart number, a National Stock Number (NSN), a bar code, and will show the number of any existing NGA chart that it replaces only when the chart is a one-for-one replacement. For those charts that are not a one-for-one replacement, no canceled chart number will appear. In the case where more than one new chart is being introduced to replace a single NGA chart, the existing chart will not be canceled until all new replacement charts have been announced in the Notice to Mariners. Bilateral charts are the result of NGA international agreements and are duplicates of foreign copyrighted charts. The charts are printed in English, use metric units, refer to WGS-84 datum and are marked as Distribution Limited. However, certain bilateral charts have not yet been converted to WGS-84 datum, and are of sufficiently large scale (generally larger than 1:50, 000) where the difference from WGS-84 datum is noticeable. These exception charts are printed with datum shift values, which must be applied in order to plot GPS-derived positions correctly. The exception charts are scheduled for eventual conversion to WGS-84 datum; until this occurs, their chart numbers will appear bold-faced in the announcement list below. Bilateral charts will contain references to host nation charts and publications, and may use symbology not yet found in US Chart No. 1. In most cases, NGA will not attempt to change these references to the equivalent US charts, publications or symbology. However, it should be noted that relevant maritime information referenced in a foreign publication can also usually be found within Sailing Directions, Notice to Mariners No. 1 (Special Paragraphs), List of Lights, Radio Navigational Aids, or Chart No. 1. Updates to Sailing Directions and other electronic publications can be made through the application of digital patch files (PDU files), available for download from the NGA Maritime Safety Web site. As the US Navy completes its transition to digital navigation, the use of bilateral charts will be gradually phased out. Until then, Section II of the Notice to Mariners, NGA/DLIS Catalog Corrections, will contain information about specific bilateral charts being announced as well as cancellation of any existing charts that they replace. Update information for bilateral charts will appear in Section I of the Notice to Mariners, Chart Corrections. Standard chart policy remains intact, in that NGA charts are not to be placed in service until their announcement appears in the US Notice to Mariners. III-2.3

4 NM 35/10 SECTION III NGA has begun adopting bilateral charts in waters of Australia, Canada, and the UK, with additional countries to follow. What this further means is that NGA no longer provides certain hardcopy charts (i.e., those replaced by bilateral charts) for public sale. To obtain these hardcopy charts, civilian users will be required to purchase bilateral chart equivalents from their producer nations and their agents. Contact information for purchasing Australian, Canadian, and UK charts is listed below: Australian Hydrographic Service Web site: Australian Distribution Network: Canadian Hydrographic Service Web site: Canadian Sales Agents: UK Hydrographic Office Web site: UK Sales Agents: NGA standard (non-bilateral) charts and NOS charts can still be purchased from the FAA, National Aeronautical Charting Office. The following Web site can be used to search for FAA sales agents by geographic region: United States NOAA/FAA Sales Agents: NGA issues this notice weekly. It will also appear in the What s Maritime section of the Maritime Safety Web site ( however, the following list of announced bilateral charts will only appear in the Notice to Mariners. NGA bilateral Australian, Canadian, and UK charts announced to date: Former US Chart No. Current US Chart No. Foreign Chart No. Originally Announced in NTM Later Edition ACO14000 Can / ACO14001 Can / ACO14334 Can / ACO14004 Can / ACO14011 Can / ACO14012 Can / ACO14013 Can / ACO14015 Can / ACO14013 Can / ACO14016 Can / ACO14016 Can / XHA14019 Can / XHA14020 Can / AHA14021 Can /05 42/ AHA14022 Can / BHA14023 Can / XCO14025 Can / XCO14026 Can / BHA14027 Can / XCO14026 Can / XHA14028 Can / XHA14029 Can / XHA14030 Can / XHA14031 Can / XHA14029 Can / XHA14032 Can / XHA14032 Can /05 III-2.4

5 SECTION III NM 35/ AHA14036 Can /05 34/ AHA14037 Can / AHA14039 Can / AHA14047 Can / AHA14048 Can / AHA14049 Can / AHA14050 Can / AHA14051 Can / XHA14052 Can / XHA14053 Can / AHA14054 Can / XCO14058 Can / XHA14059 Can / XHA14060 Can / AHA14064 Can / XHA14072 Can / XHA14073 Can / AHA14075 Can / AHA14076 Can / XHA14143 Can /03 11/ AHA14077 Can / XHA14078 Can / XHA14079 Can / BHA14080 Can / ACO14096 Can / XHA14195 Can /03 11/ XHA14211 Can /03 5/ ACO14004 Can / ACO14334 Can / BCO14336 Can / AHA14339 Can / AHA14334 Can / AHA14334 Can / ACO14348 Can / AHA14359 Can / AHA14359 Can / BHA14362 Can / ACO14377 Can / XHA14809 Can / ACO15001 Can / ACO15002 Can / ACO15003 Can / ACO15004 Can / ACO15005 Can / ACO15007 Can / ACO15014 Can / BHA15024 Can / BHA15027 Can / ACO15030 Can / ACO15031 Can / ACO15032 Can / ACO15035 Can / XCO15672 Can / ACO17007 Can / XHA17410 Can / ACO17411 Can / BCO17415 Can /08 III-2.5

6 NM 35/10 SECTION III BCO17417 Can / BHA17418 Can / BHA17419 Can / BHA17440 Can / BHA17442 Can / BHA17447 Can / XHA17448 Can / BHA17439 Can / XHA17450 Can / XHA17451 Can / ACO17454 Can / XHA17456 Can / XCO17458 Can / XHA17488 Can / ACO17493 Can / XHA17497 Can /05 1/ XHA17496 Can / XHA17498 Can / BHA17499 Can / BHA17500 Can / ACO17501 Can / XCO17510 Can / BCO17511 Can / ACO17514 Can / BHA18404 Can / BHA18426 Can / BHA18435 Can / BHA18436 Can / BHA18437 Can / BHA18442 Can / XHA18451 Can / BHA18461 Can / AHA18462 Can / AHA18466 Can / BHA18467 Can /07 16/ XHA18472 Can / ACO35002 UK /04 3/ ACO35003 UK /04 3/ ACO35004 UK /04 4/ ACO35005 UK /04 4/ ACO35006 UK /04 8/ ACO35010 UK /04 12/ ACO35013 UK /04 49/ ACO35014 UK /04 33/ ACO35015 UK /06 10/ ACO35017 UK /08 32/ ACO35018 UK / ACO35019 UK /06 6/ ACO35020 UK / ACO35024 UK1123 3/07 20/ ACO35006 UK /04 8/ ACO35010 UK / ACO35014 UK /04 33/ BHA35035 UK /04 52/ BHA35037 UK /04 52/ BHA35045 UK /04 12/ BHA35048 UK /04 4/09 III-2.6

7 SECTION III NM 35/ BHA35050 UK /04 12/ ACO35013 UK /04 49/ BHA35052 UK / ACO35055 UK /04 10/ ACO35056 UK / ACO35057 UK / ACO35058 UK / ACO35059 UK /07 33/ XCO35062 UK /07 49/ ACO35063 UK / ACO35064 UK / ACO35065 UK / ACO35066 UK / ACO35067 UK / ACO35068 UK / ACO35071 UK / ACO35072 UK / ACO35001 UK /04 33/ ACO35073 UK /07 6/ ACO35074 UK /07 6/ ACO35075 UK /07 6/ ACO35078 UK /07 10/ AHA35079 UK /07 7/ AHA35089 UK /07 12/ AHA35090 UK / BHA35091 UK /07 6/ ACO35092 UK /07 13/ AHA35093 UK /07 13/ BHA35094 UK / BHA35095 UK /07 7/ AHA35096 UK / AHA35097 UK / ACO35104 UK /07 7/ ACO35106 UK /07 33/ AHA35109 UK / ACO35110 UK / BHA35113 UK /06 7/ BHA35114 UK / BHA35115 UK / BHA35116 UK / BHA35117 UK / BHA35118 UK /07 33/ ACO35119 UK /06 5/ ACO35121 UK / ACO35123 UK / ACO35126 UK / ACO35127 UK / ACO35128 UK / ACO35131 UK / ACO35138 UK / ACO35139 UK / ACO35140 UK / ACO35147 UK / AHA35148 UK / AHA35149 UK / AHA35151 UK /05 26/ XCO35172 UK 219 8/08 33/09 III-2.7

8 NM 35/10 SECTION III ACO36000 UK / ACO36001 UK / ACO36002 UK / ACO36006 UK / BHA36007 UK / BHA36008 UK / BHA36009 UK / BHA36011 UK / AHA36012 UK / BHA36014 UK / BHA36016 UK / BHA36017 UK / BHA36018 UK / BHA36019 UK / BHA36020 UK / AHA36021 UK /05 26/ BHA36022 UK / BHA36023 UK / BHA36024 UK / ACO36025 UK / BHA36030 UK / BHA36030 UK / AHA36032 UK / AHA36033 UK /04 9/ BHA36034 UK /04 33/ ACO36035 UK /04 33/ BHA36036 UK /04 9/ BHA36039 UK / BHA36041 UK / BHA36042 UK / BHA36044 UK /05 52/ ACO36049 UK /05 33/ AHA37003 UK / AHA37004 UK 30 25/05 10/ AHA37006 UK /05 20/ AHA37007 UK /05 18/ XHA37008 UK /05 27/ ACO36050 UK / ACO37015 UK / AHA37016 UK /05 4/ AHA37017 UK /05 4/ AHA37019 UK /05 38/ AHA37020 UK /06 38/ AHA37021 UK /05 16/ AHA37027 UK / AHA37028 UK /05 6/ AHA37040 UK /05 22/ AHA37051 UK /04 52/ BHA37052 UK /04 7/ ACO37055 UK /04 17/ ACO37057 UK /04 8/ ACO37058 UK /04 8/ ACO37059 UK /04 10/ AHA37062 UK /04 33/ BHA37066 UK /05 26/ BHA74072 Aus / BHA74073 Aus /07 III-2.8

9 SECTION III NM 35/ BHA74074 Aus / XHA74142 Aus / XHA74143 Aus / AHA74154 Aus / BHA74150 Aus / BHA74155 Aus / BCO74163 Aus / BCO74164 Aus / AHA74180 Aus / AHA74189 Aus / BHA74213 Aus / BHA74199 Aus / BHA74208 Aus / BHA74209 Aus / AHA74212 Aus / BCO74245 Aus / BCO74227 Aus / BHA74226 Aus / BCO74246 Aus / BCO74247 Aus / BHA74226 Aus / BHA74216 Aus / BHA74237 Aus /07 22/ BCO74262 Aus / BCO74275 Aus / BCO74277 Aus / BHA74267 Aus / BHA74279 Aus / ACO74311 Aus / BCO74300 Aus / ACO74311 Aus / BCO74395 Aus / BCO74313 Aus / BCO74387 Aus / BCO74384 Aus / BCO74383 Aus /07 43/ BHA74390 Aus / BHA74396 Aus / BHA74397 Aus / BHA74397 Aus / ACO74416 Aus / ACO74431 Aus /08 48/ ACO74451 Aus /07 48/ AHA75147 Aus / ACO74593 Aus / AHA74585 Aus / ACO75111 Aus / ACO75114 Aus / ACO75111 Aus / ACO75114 Aus / BHA75137 Aus /06 42/ BHA75146 Aus / ACO75166 Aus / ACO75167 Aus / ACO75168 Aus / AHA75165 Aus /06 20/ AHA75174 Aus /06 III-2.9

10 NM 35/10 SECTION III AHA75174 Aus / AHA75178 Aus /06 25/ AHA75274 Aus / AHA75269 Aus / AHA75267 Aus / AHA75266 Aus /07 III-2.10