UKHO Nautical Publications Edition Schedule
United Kingdom Hydrographic Office
The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (UKHO) is responsible for providing crucial hydrographic and geospatial data to mariners and maritime organizations across the world. With over 250 nautical publications and 3,500 nautical charts, mariners heavily depend on ADMIRALTY’s maritime products and services for their planning, navigation and security-related needs. In fact, the UKHO provides the widest official coverage of the world's busiest international shipping routes and ports. They also support the Maritime and Coastguard Agency’s (MCA) obligations to the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention by ensuring marine data of the UK coastal waters is accurate and kept up to date.
Every vessel should carry the charts and publications required for its safe operation and navigation. SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1.4 states that all SOLAS class ships irrespective of size shall have nautical charts and nautical publications to plan and display the ship's route for the intended voyage and to plot and monitor positions throughout the voyage.
Please note that in the case of publications listed below, only those parts of the publication which are relevant to a ship's voyage and operation need be carried. In accordance with SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 27, all nautical publications necessary for the intended voyage shall be adequate and up to date.The following table provides carriage guidance on international regulatory materials. It also provides guidance on appropriate listed publications in the vessel's SMS manual or relevant extracts from which that may be included in the SMS manual.
Publication Name |
Most Recent Edition |
Publication SKU Code |
References |
Applicable Vessels |
Next Edition |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - UK and Europe exc Arctic, Baltic and Med |
2016/17 |
NP286-1 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
April 2017 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - Europe, Arctic and Baltic coasts inc Iceland and Faroe Islands |
2016/17 |
NP286-2 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
May 2017 |
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Global Maritime Distress & Safety |
2016/17 |
NP285 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
July 2017 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - Europe, Africa (Med. Coast) & Black Sea |
2016/17 |
NP286-3 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
July 2017 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - Africa (excluding Med. Coast) , Red Sea & Persian Gulf |
2016/17 |
NP286-8 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2018 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - Indian Sub-Continent, SE Asia & Australasia |
2016/17 |
NP286-4 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
October 2017 |
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Maritime Radio Stations - Europe, Africa, Asia (excluding Far East) |
2016/17 |
NP281-1 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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Maritime Radio Stations - Americas, Far East, Oceania |
2016/17 |
NP281-2 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - N America, Canada and Greenland |
2016/17 |
NP286-5 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2017 |
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Meteorological Observation Stations |
2016/17 |
NP284 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2017 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - NE Asia and Russia Pacific Coast |
2016/17 |
NP286-6 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
January 2018 |
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Maritime Safety Information Services - Europe, Africa, Asia (excluding Far East) |
2016/17 |
NP283-1 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
January 2018 |
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Pilot Services, VTS & Port Ops - Central & S America, Caribbean |
2016/17 |
NP286-7 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2018 |
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Maritime Safety Information Services - America, Far East, Oceania |
2016/17 |
NP283-2 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2018 |
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Radio Position Fixing Systems and Time Signals |
2017/18 |
NP282 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2018 |
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Tide Table 1A - United Kingdom – English Channel to River Humber; Including Isles of Scilly, Channel Islands and European Channel Ports |
2017 |
NP201A-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
April 2017 |
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Tide Table 1B - United Kingdom and Ireland; Excluding Isles of Scilly, English Channel to River Humber, Channel Islands and European Channel Ports |
2017 |
NP201B-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
June 2017 |
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Tide Table 2 - North Atlantic Ocean & Arctic Regions 2017 |
2017 |
NP202-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
June 2017 |
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Tide Table 3 - Indian Ocean 2017 |
2017 |
NP203-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
July 2017 |
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Tide Table 4 - South Pacific Ocean 2017 |
2017 |
NP204-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2017 |
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Tide Table 5 - South China Sea & Indonesia 2017 |
2017 |
NP205-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2017 |
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Tide Table 6 - North Pacific Ocean - 2017 |
2017 |
NP206-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
October 2017 |
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Tide Table 7 - South West Atlantic Ocean & South America 2017 |
2017 |
NP207-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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Tide Table 8 - South East Atlantic Ocean, West Africa & Mediterranean 2017 |
2017 |
NP208-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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2017 |
NP164-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2017 |
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Lights List A - British Isles & N coast of France |
2016 |
NP74 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
April 2017 |
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Lights List B - S & E sides of North Sea |
2016 |
NP75 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
May 2017 |
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Lights List C - Baltic Sea |
2016 |
NP76 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
May 2017 |
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Lights List D - E Atlantic, W Indian Ocean, Arabian & Red Seas |
2016 |
NP77 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
June 2017 |
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Lights List E - West Mediterranean |
2016 |
NP78 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
July 2017 |
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Lights List N - East Mediterranean & Black Seas |
2016 |
NP86 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2017 |
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Lights List P - North part of South China & Eastern Archipelagic Seas, plus Western part of East China, Philippine, & Yellow Seas, including Taiwan Strait & Eastern part of Gulf of Tonkin |
2016 |
NP87 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2017 |
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Lights List F - North East Indian Ocean, Eastern part of South China & Eastern Archipelagic Seas (N of Equator), excluding China |
2016 |
NP79 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2017 |
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Lights List M - W side of N Pacific Ocean |
2016 |
NP85 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
October 2017 |
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Lights List G - W side of S Atlantic & E Pacific Ocean |
2016 |
NP80 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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Lights List H - N & E coasts of Canada |
2016 |
NP81 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2017 |
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Lights List J - W side of N Atlantic Ocean |
2016 |
NP82 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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Lights List K - Indian & Pacific Oceans, S of the Equator |
2016 |
NP83 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
January 2017 |
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Lights List L - Northern Seas |
2016 |
NP84 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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2016 |
NP3 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
April 2016 |
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2016 |
NP22 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
October 2016 |
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2016 |
NP7A |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
May 2016 |
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2016 |
NP20 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
June 2016 |
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2016 |
NP14 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
July 2016 |
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2016 |
NP31 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2016 |
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2016 |
NP27 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
January 2017 |
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2016 |
NP50 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2016 |
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2016 |
NP30 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2016 |
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2016 |
NP40 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2016 |
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2016 |
NP38 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2016 |
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2016 |
NP46 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
October 2016 |
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2016 |
NP8 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
November 2016 |
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2016 |
NP49 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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2016 |
NP57A |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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2016 |
NP62 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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2016 |
NP25 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
January 2017 |
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2016 |
NP24 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2017 |
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2016 |
NP61 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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2016 |
NP26 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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2016 |
NP34 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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2016 |
NP55 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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2016 |
NP234B |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2016 |
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Annual Summary of NM, Part 1 (Annuals and T&Ps) |
2016 |
NP247-1 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2017 |
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Annual Summary of NM, Part 2 Updates to SDs & Misc NPs (Section IV+VII) |
2016 |
NP247-2 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2017 |
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Cumulative List of NMs - Year End |
2016 |
NP234A |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
February 2017 |
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The Nautical Almanac 2017 |
2017 |
NP314-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
April 2016 |
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The Star Almanac for Land Surveyors 2017 |
2017 |
NP321-17 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
June 2016 |
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NP303(1) Rpd Sight Reduction Epoch 2020 |
2016 |
NP303-1 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
March 2017 |
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ADMIRALTY Guide to ECDIS Implementation, Policy and Procedures |
2016 |
NP232 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
August 2016 |
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NP133A Insert |
2016 |
NP133A |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
September 2016 |
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ADMIRALTY Charts & Publications Catalogue |
2016 |
NP131 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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The Mariners Handbook |
2016 |
NP100 |
SOLAS Chapter V, Regulation 19.2.1 and Chapter V, Regulation 27 |
SOLAS Class Vessels |
December 2016 |
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