21.01.2021
Production schedule for new edition Routeing Charts is confirmed.
We are pleased to confirm publication dates of new edition Routeing Charts will be as follows:
BAC 5124 (1 – 12, January - December) Routeing Chart North Atlantic, 18 Feb 2021
BAC 5125 (1 – 12, January – December) Routeing Chart South Atlantic, 25 Feb 2021
The new edition charts can be pre-ordered or printed to order from the date of publication by Print on Demand Service.
The charts form part of the Routeing Charts portfolio, which are essential for use in passage planning for ocean voyages and include routes and distances between major ports, ocean currents, ice limits, load lines and wind roses. They also contain expected meteorological and oceanographic conditions for each month of the year.
Please note that IMO has also issued a January 2021 Supplement for “BCH Code, 2008 Edition" in English only (product code IC772E). They have also now issued a January 2021 Supplement for “1994 HSC Code, 1995 Edition" in English, French and Spanish (product codes I187E, I188F and I189S) and issued a September 2020 Supplement for “MARPOL Consolidated Arabic Edition, 2017” (product code IE520A).
Kindly ensure your vessels/ users download and print it. Customers who purchased the e-book can access the supplement that has been added to the back of the pdf file, via the Virtual Publications website. Customers who purchased the e-reader file can access the supplement using the Internet Update/Check for Content Update function on The IMO Bookshelf.
Voyager users will receive these supplements as per of weekly updates received if the main publication/ ebook has been purchased.