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UK Hydrographic Office is Highly Commended at 2018 National Apprenticeship Awards
UKHO achieves Highly Commended in the ‘Large Employer’ category at National Apprenticeship Awards
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UK Hydrographic Office appoints Rear Admiral Tim Lowe CBE as Acting Chief Executive
Rear Admiral Tim Lowe CBE, the current UK National Hydrographer and Deputy Chief Executive, is appointed as Acting Chief Executive & Accounting Officer.
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UK Hydrographic Office presents Guyana with marine geospatial data
UKHO presents Guyanese Government with findings from a recent seabed mapping campaign to support the sustainable growth of its blue economy
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UK Hydrographic Office receives Highly Commended STEM Inspiration Award
The UK Hydrographic Office has been awarded Highly Commended in the ‘large employer’ category at the National STEM Inspiration Awards
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UK Hydrographic Office contributes to autonomous navigation study
Pioneering government-funded study looks at how navigational and wider marine geospatial data can support the safe navigation of autonomous vessels
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UK Hydrographic Office shortlisted for STEM Inspiration Award
The UK Hydrographic Office has been shortlisted for a national STEM Inspiration Award in the ‘large employer’ category (more than 250 employees).
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What the UK Hydrographic Office does
The UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) collects and supplies hydrographic and geospatial data for the Royal Navy and merchant shipping, to protect lives at sea.
Working with other national hydrographic offices, we set and raise global standards of hydrography, cartography and navigation.
UKHO is an executive agency, sponsored by the Ministry of Defence.
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UK Hydrographic Office
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2DN
United Kingdom
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+44 (0)1823 484444
Radio Navigational Warnings
Radio Navigational Warnings
+44 (0)1823 353 448
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Archives and Research
+(0)1823 483341
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Direct Number
+44 (0)1823 483899
International Cartographic Training
International Cartographic Training
+44 (0)1823 483821
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Admiralty Way
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2DN
United Kingdom
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