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16 Jun 2016 / Panama Canal, Panama
A new set of five Electronic Nautical Charts (ENCs) Band 5, covering the entire Panama Canal operational areas, were released to the IC-ENC {International Centre for ENCs] network of Value Added Resellers (VARS) for distribution on June 9, 2016, and should be available to the international maritime community Friday, June 17, 2016.
The IC-ENC validation and technical teams supported the production of these five new Electronic Nautical Charts, through detailed validation and quality assurance. These five ENCs also link with ENCs produced by NGA under the authority of the Panama Maritime Authority covering other Panamanian waters. There are currently three Band 5 ENCs produced by NGA covering the Panama Canal, but they will be withdrawn shortly. Two of these NGA Board 5 ENCs (US509860 & US515390) will be cancelled this week and the coverage of the remaining NGA Band 5 ENC (US51540) will be reduced to the area outside of the new ACP Band 5 (PA5CP005).
These new charts are available to shipping companies through any of the eight VARS chart distributors of IC-ENC, and subscription to these charts may be requested in the same manner as is done with ENCs of other regions visited by your vessels. The web site addresses of the eight IC-ENC VARs:
Admiralty – http://www.admiralty.co.uk/Pages/Home.aspx
Jeppesen – http://commercialmarine.c-map.com
Chartco – http://www.chartco.com
PRIMAR – http://www.primar.org
ChartWorld – http://www.chartworld.com/web/
Maris – http://www.navico-commercial.com/en-US/Digital-Services/
Datema – https://www.datema.nl/
Navtor – http://navtor.com/
Following are cell names and codes of the new five ENCs Band 5:
PA5CP001 – Panama Canal – Atlantic Entrance
PA5CP002 – Panama Canal – North Gatun Lake
PA5CP003 – Panama Canal – South Gatun Lake
PA5CP004 – Panama Canal – Gaillard Cut
PA5CP005 – Panama Canal – Pacific Entrance
(For information about operations in the Panama Canal contact GAC-Wilford & McKay at [email protected])
Source: Panama Canal Authority Advisory to Shipping No. A-34-2016 dated 14 June 2016