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The H/V STRAVON having completed hydrographic survey in Igoumenitsa Channel, arrived on September 1, 2016, at Katakolo in order to accomplish hydrographic work in the port.

The Maritime Safety Division of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service, participated in the IHO - World Wide Navigation Warning Service 8 (WWNWS 8) Sub committee which took place at Alesund of Norway from 12 to 16 September 2016.

For the fourth consecutive time, the participation of the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS) at the international shipping exhibition "POSIDONIA" constitutes a very important marketing instrument of its work and activities
and mark its multidimensional role in the areas of marine research, the safety of navigation and the protection of the maritime environment.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs mariners that :

The Sailing Directions of Pilot C, Volume 5, edition 2016 in Greek Language is in sale from the  HNHS Sales Points  and the E-shop.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS) participated in the 3rd Sub Committee for the Navigation, Communication and Search and Rescue (NSCR3)

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs mariners that :

The List of Lights has been reprinted and is in sale from the  HNHS Sales Points  and the E-shop.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs mariners that :

The Sailing Directions of Pilot D, Volume 6, edition 2015 in Greek Language is in sale from the  HNHS Sales Points  and the E-shop.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs the mariners that the

following five historical charts has been published and are in sale from the  HNHS Sales Points  and the E-shop.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service (HNHS) participated in the 16th session of the Steering Committee of the Regional ENC Coordinating Center (IC_ENC) which was conducted in Munich, Germany 7-8 September 2015.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs mariners that:

1. The Amendment 6 / 2015 to the Saling Directions of the Hellenic Coasts (Volume B, greek language), has been printed, published and is in sale in both the Sales Points and the E-shop.

2. The above amendment contains the Notices to Mariners issued from the 2004 edition of the Saling Directions of the Hellenic Coasts (Volume B, greek language) up to NM 75 / 2015 (volume 4 / 2015)

World Hydrography Day - 21 June 2015

Our seas and waterways - yet to be fully charted and explored

On 21st June each year the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) celebrates World Hydrography Day. World Hydrography Day is the opportunity to public awareness of the vital role that hydrography plays in everyone's life.

The Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service informs mariners, that both the greek and english versions of the Ploigos Volume A - Edition 5, and the 2015 edition of the List of Lights, have been published and are in sale at the sales points and the e-shop.

Floating Naval Museum Battleship "G.Averof"
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Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service
presenting Historical Charts & Heirlooms Exhibition
"HYDROGRAPHIC VOYAGES"

The exhibition entitled "HYDROGRAPHIC VOYAGES" travels its visitors in the history of Greek nautical chart based on chronological order. The first Greek nautical chart was issued by the Hellenic Navy in 1908.

On Wednesday 17 September 2014 the UK National Hydrographer Rear Admiral Tom Karsten RN visited the Hellenic Navy Hydrographic Service, where he met the HNHS Director Dimitrios Evangelidis HN.

During the meeting both Hydrographers discussed issues of mutual hydrographic interest, as well as recent developments within International Hydrographic Organization.

RAdm T. Karsten RN was also admitted by the Deputy Chief of the Hellenic Navy General Staff, Rear Admiral P. Pastouseas HN.