IC-ENC and UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (NOAA) to develop a collaborative partnership

​IC-ENC is proud to announce that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have entered into the initial phase of becoming the 38th national hydrographic office to join its rapidly increasing family of members. ​

The 2015 IC-ENC annual Steering Committee meeting in Munich, Germany approved NOAA's intended membership of IC-ENC and endorsed a proposal for NOAA and IC-ENC to establish a fourth regional office of IC-ENC in Washington, DC, USA.

The membership arrangements, and the inclusion of the new office into IC-ENC's global operating framework, are now subject to detailed analysis and development by the NOAA and IC-ENC teams. Further announcements will follow as the IC-ENC North America office develops full operating capability during 2016.

NOAA currently produces and maintains over 1000 ENCs. IC-ENC's Production Support including Capacity Building (Training) and Independent Validation services will be delivered to NOAA via the IC-ENC North America office. The NOAA ENCs will form part of the global IC-ENC folio, and be included in IC-ENC's ENC Distribution service, achieved through the main IC-ENC office in the UK,

IC-ENC is looking forward to working in partnership with NOAA and assisting in sustaining this important ENC coverage.








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