1. PRIMAR RENC

2. What is PRIMAR? A Regional ENC Coordinating Centre (RENC)
Operated on a non-profit basis by the Norwegian Hydrographic Service in close cooperation with Electronic Chart Centre (ECC).
Located in Stavanger, Norway

3. What does PRIMAR?
Provides a consistent and reliable electronic navigational chart (ENC) service world-wide.
Fully compliant with IHO guidelines, principles and standards.
PRIMAR RENC:
17 member nations
ENCs from more than 60 different nations available in the PRIMAR ENC service.

4. PRIMAR’s Vision
In order to enhance safety at sea and protect the maritime environment, PRIMAR’s vision is to be the most efficient model for the provision of ENC services and maritime geospatial data worldwide.

5. ENC Distribution through PRIMARHO HO HO HO
PRIMAR RENC
WEND principles IHO S-58
IHO S-65
S-63 Encryption Standard T & C
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6. PRIMAR RENC value chain
Albania Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Georgia
Iran
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Mozambique
Norway
Poland
Sweden
Russia
Ukraine Vietnam
PRIMAR
RENC MEMBERS
> 60 different official ENC providers
Commercial
users
Governmental users
Navy
8 Navy Suppliers
55 Commercial Distributors
9 Governmental Distributors
PRIMAR
ENC
Database
15 700
ENCs
Canada
China India
Indonesia EAHC
MSS
Japan
Korea
PRD ENC
Singapore
PRIMAR LICENSING PARTNERS
registered end-users
ALL IC-ENC
RENC
DATA

7. In-house Developed Validation tools
Virtual PRIMAR Network (VPN) for data transfer and data management
S58 Upload Checks performed during the upload of data
Validation Report Checker contains all the functionality for ENC Validation
Checking of validation logs from dKart Inspector and ENC Analyzer
Overlap Checker for overlapping candidates
Consistency checker for horizontal and vertical ENC consistency
ISO8211 to text converts EN/ER file to readable format
S57 Advisor (Errors database) containing error/warnings discovered from validation tools
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8. PRIMAR Navy / Governmental Supplier Services
Supply ENCs to your Navy / Governmental users.
Access to PRIMAR global ENC database.
Easy operation from the PRIMAR Chart Catalogue.
Register and add users, Create ENC portfolios, Activate area of interest, View orders/reports, View licensee status, Download ENC updates and permit files etc.
Navy
users

9. PRIMAR Web Chart Service
Fulfilling your MSDI needs. Combining data from several sources.

10. Financial Issues
New financial model introduced in 2017
Quarterly royalty payments
Fixed fee pr. ENC transaction
Transaction fee commercial transactions: $1,0
Transaction fee national transactions: $1,5
Transaction fee national services to non-PRIMAR members: $2,3

11. Technology Development
Development of next generation of the PRIMAR Chart Catalogue completed. From Java to Web with improved functionality.

12. Technology Development
S-102 data distribution. Awaiting S-63 ed. 2.0.
Demonstrator for the use of S-102 in an operational environment:
PRIMAR will support development of S-63 ed. 2.0 standard.

13. Technology Development
PAC 24 approved S-101 development

14. Thank you for your attention Questions?