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The United Kingdom Hydrographic Office (or UKHO) is an organisation within the UK government responsible for providing navigational and other hydrographic information for national, civil and defence requirements. The UKHO is located in Taunton, Somerset on Admiralty Way and has a workforce of approximately 1,000 staff. The office is an executive agency, and trading fund, of the Ministry of Defence and is directly responsible to the Minister for Reserves. The current minister is Julian Brazier, MP. The Chief Executive of the agency is John Humphrey who took over in February 2015. The agency is self-funding and its trading fund status allows protection of the copyright in its publications. Rear-Admiral Tim Lowe is the current UK National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive. He took up the post in August 2015. The UK Hydrographic Office has been charting the world’s oceans for more than 200 years with the primary aim of providing navigational products and services for the Royal Navy and merchant mariners to save and protect lives at sea. In addition it serves small craft and leisure mariners and provides a range of consultancy services. UKHO also plays a central role, in support of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, in discharging the navigation element of the UK’s Safety of Life at Sea Treaty obligations for waters of UK national responsibility. The office produces a worldwide series of some 3,500 paper nautical charts, 200 publications under the ADMIRALTY Maritime Products & Services brand and electronic navigational charts (ENCs). The ADMIRALTY portfolio is sold globally and used by over 90% of international shipping. The UKHO launched the Admiralty Vector Chart Series in April 2008 and the e-Navigator Service in 2009, which brings together all of the information needed for safe navigation, voyage planning and efficient fleet management in one place. ==History== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Kingdom Hydrographic Office」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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