ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts (SNCs)

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. Charts also include ADMIRALTY QR codes for quick access to a list of all Notices to Mariners (NMs) that affect the specific chart or publication.

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 Chart Agent.

View and download the latest NMs here >

Available through Print on Demand (POD)

POD allows our ADMIRALTY Chart Agents 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 Chart Agents offer POD on our How to Buy page.

Raster Chart Service

https://rseedit.admiralty.co.uk

Raster Chart Service

ARCS

Clear, cost-effective digital charts, ideal for passage planning and shore-based applications

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Vector Chart Service

https://rseedit.admiralty.co.uk

Vector Chart Service

AVCS

The world's most chosen ENC service, helping your crews to navigate safely and efficiently

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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 NM 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.

Watch the How to Update your SNCs Playlist >

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

Each ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Chart has a recommended retail price of £25.90. Please note that all prices do not include VAT and other local taxes. A full list of these charts, their coverage and available scales can be viewed in the ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions catalogue (NP131).

To find out more information or to organise purchase, please contact your ADMIRALTY Chart Agent. If you don’t have a preferred chart agent, you can search a list of worldwide, experienced and trusted chart agents on our How to Buy page.

Find an ADMIRALTY Chart Agent >

Alternatively, you can order any paper charts from your ADMIRALTY Chart Agent using ADMIRALTY e-Navigator Planning Station 3.4 or the latest version of Planning Station, which can be accessed via ADMIRALTY gateway. To find out more, please click here.

The ADMIRALTY Digital Catalogue (ADC) can also provide you with a comprehensive reference of all ADMIRALTY Maritime Data Solutions. To find out more about the ADC, please click here.

ADMIRALTY Standard Nautical Charts