ADMIRALTY
Digital Publications

Are the computer-based versions of the UKHO's market-leading, paper-based nautical reference guides. Widely accepted as meeting SOLAS carriage requirements, they give bridge crews faster, accurate updates and easier access to the information they need. 

ADP applications can be individually licensed, installed, used and updated, and each application can be used on two separate computers per ship while satisfying SOLAS requirements.

The full ADP range includes:




Is an advanced source of navigational light and fog signal information, with coverage of more than 85,000 individual fixed light structures. ADLL also contains a number of lit floating marks including pontoon lights, resilient and buoyant beacons, Single Point Moorings (SPM) and Floating Production, Storage and Offloading Facilities (FPSO).

ADLL provides all the detail of its paper equivalents, accurate weekly updates and simple searching of information. These features can save time and reduce the risk of human error.

ADLL Featuress:

  • Electronic Notices to Mariners (NMs) updates and information search, giving greater efficiency, faster updating and more flexible information access
  • Global coverage to enable safe and compliant navigation through major commercial shipping routes and portsApproved for use by the Flag States of over 80% of ships trading internationally, with certification to aid inspections
  • Approved for use by the Flag States of over 80% of ships trading internationally, with certification to aid inspections


Aids ongoing safety, security and compliance by helping bridge crews to manage communications and meet reporting regulations.

ADRS volume contains all the detail of its paper equivalents, with the added convenience of fast, accurate weekly updates and simple searching of information. These important features can save bridge crews time and reduce the risk of human error.

ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals is the world's most comprehensive and authoritative source of information on all aspects of radio communications.

Sold as three separate applications,
ADRS includes:

  • ADRS 1, 3, 4, 5 -Information to assist bridge crews in routine radio communications, receiving and providing weather reports and safety information, pollution and quarantine reporting.
  • ADRS 2 - Positional and timekeeping references to aid the calculation of positions and times worldwide.
  • ADRS 6 - Essential information for 3,800 service locations worldwide, including detailed pilot, Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) and port information with their respective contact details and procedures



ATT helps bridge officers take full advantage of favourable tides–allowing them to calculate safe clearances, making departure, arrival and transit planning easier.

Reducing risks to ships, cargo and crew, ATT enables quicker and more informed decisions to be made on the bridge about key commercial and safety issues.

By bringing global tidal height and tidal stream data together, complete with instant calculation, this helps bridge officers to make tidal predictions for ports and tidal stream stations worldwide.

ATT Features:

  • Accurate tidal predictions for more than 7,000 ports and 3,000 tidal streams worldwide
  • Accurate tidal predictions, reducing the risk of human error and providing bridge crews with an easy means of viewing both under-keel and safe overhead clearances
  • Approved for use by the Flag States of over 80% of ships trading internationally, with certification to aid inspections


ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP) resume

ADPs include:
  • ADMIRALTY Digital List of Lights (ADLL) – an advanced source of navigational light and fog signal information, covering over 85,000 individual light structures including lighthouses, lightships, lit floating marks and fog signals worldwide
  • ADMIRALTY Digital Radio Signals (ADRS) aids ongoing safety, security and compliance by helping bridge crews to manage communications and meet reporting regulations. Each ADRS volume contains all the detail of its paper equivalents
  • ADMIRALTY TotalTide (ATT) is the world's most comprehensive tidal prediction program, providing bridge crews and voyage planners ashore with fast, accurate tidal height and tidal stream predictions for more than 7,000 ports and 3,000 tidal streams
ADMIRALTY Digital Publications (ADP) cannot be purchased online. For further information contact us:


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