The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) has published its excellent series of over 3,300 Standard Nautical Charts which meet the requirements of professional, commercial and recreational navigation in accordance with Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) regulations, ensuring safe navigation at sea.

Admiralty standard nautical charts comply with SOLAS regulations and are ideal for professional, commercial and recreational use. Charts within the series consist of a range of scales, useful for passage planning, ocean crossings, coastal navigation and entering port.

Mariners should always use the largest scale nautical chart appropriate to their needs. In particularly busy seaways such as the English Channel, Gulf of Suez and the Malacca and Singapore Straits, the standard nautical charts are supplemented by mariners’ routeing guides which provide advice on route planning in these complex areas.