The ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS) is the world’s leading digital maritime chart service, with over 15,750 official Electronic Navigational Charts (ENCs) to help bridge crews navigate safely and efficiently whilst meeting Flag and Port State requirements.
Key features of AVCS include:
- 100% official global maritime ENC coverage with more routes and ports than any other competing service.
- Unique ADMIRALTY Information Overlay (AIO) for additional passage planning information.
- Weekly updates available via email, online or on CD and DVD to ensure ongoing safety and compliance.
- Delivered in industry standard S-63 / S-57 formats, guaranteeing compatibility with all ECDIS sold today – even in a mixed fleet.
More routes, more ports
The ADMIRALTY Vector Chart Service (AVCS) provides the widest official ENC coverage available, enabling ships to navigate on ECDIS for the entirety of most major routes on a single chart service. This coverage includes 4,000 of the biggest ports worldwide, of which we offer unique coverage for over 130.
Ongoing safety and compliance
All AVCS customers are supplied with weekly electronic updates via internet download, email or disc - ensuring that bridge crews and shore-based teams have access to complete and up-to-date information. These electronic updates reduce time and effort spent making manual updates to paper charts, minimise the risk of human error and help to ensure compliance with Flag and Port State requirements.
