The ECC Blog

Our latest thinking on the issues that matter most to the hydrographic and maritime communities.

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PRIMAR Enhances Safety and Efficiency in Baltic Sea Navigation

PRIMAR plays a key role in the Baltic Sea e-Nav project by ensuring quality control, testing and distribution of new S-100 ...
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PRIMAR Enhances Safety and Efficiency in Baltic Sea Navigation

PRIMAR plays a key role in the Baltic Sea e-Nav project by ensuring quality control, testing and...

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The Pilot Service: S-102 Depth Data Benefits Navigation & Environment

For the pilot service, the S-102 bathymetric data under the new S-100 standard holds significant...

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How S-102 Bathymetric Data is Produced

When you download detailed depth data encoded in accordance with the new S-102 standard, it has...

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Canada S-100 Sea Trials: PRIMAR at the Core of Data Delivery

The first large-scale test of S-100 products will take place in Canada’s challenging waterways from...

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S-100: The Digitalization of Safety, Efficiency, and Sustainability at Sea

The story of charts and hydrographic data in recent decades is the story of digitalization....

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Thinking Ahead: How PRIMAR Is Pushing For an S-100 Future That's Already Here

The maritime community has always relied on charts, and today the hydrographic, maritime, and GIS...

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ECC - Your Maritime Safety Partner

Since the 13th century, the "nautical chart" with different descriptions of and for seafarers has...

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SEAiq – An S-100 Data Trailblazer

As the S-100 era emerges on the horizon, promising to supply hydrographic and maritime communities...

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S-100 Data-as-a-Service: How the CHS Leverages the New S-100 Paradigm

With the help of the Electronic Chart Centre (ECC) and other industry players, the Canadian...

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S-101 ENC: What It Is, Why It is Important and When It Becomes Available

Existing S-57 based Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) will gradually be replaced by a new...

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