IC-ENC Latin America Regional Office

​IC-ENC is pleased to announce the development of a new regional office in Brazil to be known as IC-ENC Latin America. This new regional office will be developed in partnership with the Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN) and will be located in the Niterói offices of DHN, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The governing board of IC-ENC, the IC-ENC Steering Committee, approved this new initiative via a vote. The result was a near-unanimous approval, therefore, IC- ENC and DHN will now begin to develop the new regional office in line with the approved business case.

The first stage is for IC-ENC to train DHN staff in the IC-ENC ENC quality assurance practices, who will then be considered 'on loan' to IC-ENC. The stringent IC-ENC requirements in terms of staff performance and competence will be reached during 2015, with the IC-ENC Latin America office achieving full operating capability in early 2016.

The primary reason for establishing IC-ENC Latin America is to provide localised ENC Production and Validation support to a significant portion of IC-ENC members in this region. Additional benefits are related to time zone in terms of a longer IC- ENC international working day and therefore improved response times to its customers, delivering support in the dominant regional language of Spanish, and enhancing the 'international' aspect of IC-ENC with the development of a global network. The new regional office will also allow IC-ENC to demonstrate the benefits of its new technology in terms of communication and workflow between offices, delivering enhanced services to its Hydrographic Office members and its Value Added Reseller ENC distribution partners.​​​


Directorate of Hydrography and Navigation (DHN), Niteroi, Brazil​


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