Baltic Sea INT Chart Scheme

The Baltic Sea Hydrographic Commission (BSHC) recognizes the need to actively develop and maintain official nautical charts, in both paper and digital formats. This supports ships engaged on international voyages in the Baltic Sea region. Accordingly, it appoints and directs a working group to undertake this task. The working group is named the Baltic Sea International Charting Coordination Working Group (BSICCWG).The Baltic Sea INT Charting Coordination Working Group (BSICCWG) and its main activities in maintaining the Baltic Sea INT Scheme will be described in this note. In recent years the working group’s original function to coordinate the paper chart scheme in the Baltic Sea, has been expanded to digital products, especially the ENC