The end for paper charts on boats, we’re to switch to digital 2026.
The phased withdrawal of paper charts from production will take place over a number of years and is anticipated to conclude in late 2026, a statement said.
The UKHO statement says: “Today’s world is unrecognisable to the one that existed in 1795, when our organisation was founded. Back then, mariners navigated by the stars using a magnetic compass and surveying with a leaded line marked in fathoms. They could fix where they had been, but not where they were.
