In training for the ECDIS mandate

An estimated 500,000 personnel will need to be trained on ECDIS navigation over the next seven years, as the rolling timetable of deadlines for the ECDIS Mandate come into force from 2012, says UKHO deputy chief executive Michael Cauter, writing for MJ.

Digital technology is transforming the way that mariners access and use navigational information, writes Michael Cauter, deputy chief executive at the UKHO.

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