Routeing charts areas
In this article we learn a little more about routeing charts. We see which areas are they published for and how are they updated. We recommend you read our article ” What information do we get from Routeing charts? ” first before reading this one for complete clarification of the topic. Let’s dive in.
The admiralty publishes these charts for the before given areas. For each area, charts are published for each month. Hence a total of 144 routeing charts exist. The areas are as below:
- North Atlantic ocean – 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- South Atlantic ocean- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Indian ocean- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- North Pacific ocean- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- South Pacific ocean- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Malacca Strait to Marshall Islands- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Carribean sea- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Mediterranean sea & Black sea- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Arabian sea & Red sea- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- Bay of Bengal- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- South China sea- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
- East China sea- 12 charts ( 1 for each month)
How are Routeing charts updated
Most generally, Routeing charts are updated via a new version of the chart every few years by the admiralty chart services. So new editions have to be ordered. Rarely, a small update comes with the admiralty notice to mariner and has to be done manually.
