HydroCharting ENC

PRIMAR STAVANGER
Norwegian Hydrographic Service
Lervigsveien 36
4014 Stavanger
NORWAY

Official Electronic Charts

“PRIMAR is a worldwide ENC service, operated by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service (NHS) on a non-profit basis. The PRIMAR Regional ENC Coordinating Centre (RENC) is operated in accordance with the Worldwide Electronic Navigational Chart Database (WEND) principles of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO). The core aim of PRIMAR is to enhance safety at sea and protect the maritime environment. ENCs from PRIMAR meet IMO SOLAS charts and carriage requirements when kept up-to-date and used on type approved ECDIS with appropriate backup. PRIMAR ENC Service is delivered via an international network of authorized distributors. Please visit www.primar.org for more information.”

Distributor sales

All sales are made via an international network of distributors. These are required to provide ENCs as supplied by NHS and secured using the IHO S-63 format.

HydroCharting is Authorized distributer of official ENC from PRIMAR and IC-ENC.

PRIMAR Chart Catalogue

The PRIMAR Chart Catalogue is an ordering and vessel chart management tool. Providing a graphical interface to ENC coverage available from the service, it is used by distributors to manage sales and distribution of ENC services to the commercial market.

Registered distributors can also access online ordering of ENC permit files, allowing them to manage their own customers directly via the PRIMAR server.

A distributor can add and edit information about its customers directly through the chart catalogue, and dynamically enter new customers for PRIMAR services without needing to interact with staff at the Stavanger head office in Norway.

The PRIMAR Chart Catalogue is under constant development, and will continue to provide safe and efficient ENC information as well as permit keys. It is available around the clock to appointed distributors.

PRIMAR Online

PRIMAR Online is an extended functionality of the PRIMAR Chart Catalogue which allows vessels to download updates and new editions in their portfolios directly.

The right to do this can only be obtained via an authorised PRIMAR distributor. Only encrypted data are transferred. The PRIMAR Online service is provided free of any additional charge on top of the normal subscription.

CD service

The NHS provides all its distributors with the necessary base and weekly update CDs. Distributors are free to download CD content from the PRIMAR website in order burn and distribute the CDs. Such access is based on profile requirements set by the NHS.

The format and content of ENCs cannot be changed in this process. The licensor will be kept continuously informed of any change in the PRIMAR CD service.