Hydrographic Survey Services - extension

The UK Civil Hydrography Programme:

The MCA plays a unique role within Government in discharging statutory hydrographic obligations under the United Nations' Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) Convention. The CHP is a multi-million-pound MCA-led Government initiative to prioritise, survey and map UK waters in order to keep UK nautical charts and publications current, safe and fit for purpose.

This multi-disciplined marine data gathering programme is targeted at areas of highest navigational safety risk. The CHP work scopes are divided as follows:

- Lot 1 Shallow Water - typically water depths 0-200m, predominantly depths less than 40m; - Lot 3 Routine Resurvey - navigationally critical shallow water areas with mobile seabed; - Lot 4: Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, Section 2 Surveys - SS Richard Montgomery - Lot 5: Supplementary Hydrographic Survey Services - Protection of Wrecks Act 1973, Section 2 Surveys - SS Richard Montgomery: