Pictured above: Charles Singer, Cartographer

British Admiralty POD Print Station

For two centuries, mariners have trusted the high quali-ty of British Admiralty charts. Maryland Nautical Sales has provided their clients with these reliable products, and has just been approved to offer fully-updated Print on Demand British Admiralty charts, produced at MNS Baltimore headquarters.

MNS representatives Charles Singer and Eric Beswick recently visited the U.K. Hydrographic Office (UKHO) in Taunton, England to finalize the Print on Demand (POD) arrangements. UKHO produces and maintains the British Admiralty (BA) charts and product line, and enforces ex-acting standards to ensure the accuracy and reliability of the products. Cloud-based, encrypted POD capability is authorized for a very select number of chart agents with proven credentials, including ISO 9001 certification.

As International Admiralty Chart Agents, MNS car-tographers have thus far hand-corrected BA charts using Admiralty Notice to Mariners before distrib-uting them to their clients. MNS will phase opera-tions from hand-correction to POD in accordance with BA requirements. Singer notes "POD allows us to offer our mariner clients highly reliable British Admiralty charts on very short notice. Our mission, and that of the UKHO, is safety of life at sea."

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Pictured above: Eric Beswick, Sales Manager

At the United Kingdom Hydrographic Office

Maryland Nautical Sales appointed Print on Demand Agents for British Admiralty Charts

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Maryland Nautical is now officially printing and distributing NOAA's Print-on-Demand United States Coast Pilot® series Volumes 1 - 9.

All books are printed with the most current corrections and bound in book form. Mariners will be able to print the weekly updates as they are available from the weekly Notice to Mariners.

Traditionally, U.S. Coast Pilot volumes have been printed annually in quantity, then stored and sold via retail sales agents. This method resulted in the sale of a gradually obsolete product, as a mariner might purchase a new volume that would require a year's worth of weekly corrections to comply with feder-al carriage regulations.

To improve this process, NOAA has implemented Print-on-Demand technolo-gy. NOAA updates the U.S. Coast Pilot volumes weekly and provides digital versions in PDF format to Maryland Nautical who will then print from the up-to-date files as copies are ordered.

The UK trip included a visit to the International Maritime Organi-

zation (IMO) in London to discuss the IMO Bookshelf, now availa-

ble from Maryland Nautical Sales. IMO Bookshelf is a CD con-

taining e-reader software and IMO e-reader digital titles. Users

purchase an activation code to unlock the titles of choice. Con-

tents can be searched, printed, resized and bookmarked. IMO

Bookshelf essentially reduces a shelf full of required IMO titles to

a single CD.

Beswick comments "Our UK trip was extremely productive, and

we're now fully prepared to meet our clients' time-sensitive re-

quirements with Print on Demand British Admiralty Charts, and

the IMO Bookshelf." Pictured above: International Maritime

Organization in London

Pictured above: British Admiralty & OceanGrafix Print Stations

United States Coast Pilot® now Print-on-Demand

Clipper City Publishing is the in-house publisher for Maryland Nautical Sales. Among the publications now produced by Clipper City: Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) USCG Light List Bridge Bell Book List of Lights Pub. 110 USCG Navigation Rules Sailing Directions ( Enroute) & (Planning Guide) Summary of Corrections Vol. 5 Coast Pilots First impressions make a big difference. For a truly professional look, why not customize your materials with your ship's name or company logo? We have the equipment and experienced staff to do the job right. Forms, booklets, stationery - you name it, we can do it. We provide color and black & white prod-ucts, delivered right to your door or dock. Give us a call at 800.596.7245 for more info on this great service!

Maryland Nautical Sales attains ISO 9001 Certification

On August 9th, Maryland Nautical Sales was audited onsite by the Independent Certification Body IMSM and certified to the ISO 9001:2008 standard. Maryland Nautical’s Procedures, Processes, Sales and Management Practices were thor-oughly reviewed and assessed and found to be fully compliant with the require-ments of the ISO Standard. Maryland Nautical Sales has the distinction of being the first US-based chart agent to be ISO certified.

The ISO 9001:2008 standard establishes the base criteria for Maryland Nautical’s Quality Management System. It encompasses all areas of MNS, including people, services and processes, and streamlines the entire operation. MNS President Bob

Davis indicates that MNS has been deeply involved in the certification process for the past 4 months. Through the prep-aration, MNS discovered that they were already implementing 80% of the ISO required processes. However, they were not recording and tracking these processes to find areas of improvement. Davis notes “our primary motivation was improved customer service, and ISO 9001 certification ensures our continual process improvement.”

An Authorized Print-on-Demand Agent

Of the 1,019 NOAA charts available for U.S. wa-ters, only about 100 of these receive new editions annually. That means that 90% of NOAA charts are over 1 year old! Are your charts up to date?

Mariners have the option of hand-correcting charts with Local Notice to Mariners, or purchas-ing OceanGrafix Print-on-Demand charts com-pletely updated. At Maryland Nautical, we have the printers and capacity to produce most NOAA charts "on demand", fully updated daily from NO-AA's digital database.

Don't take chances with your vessel and crew. Order your Print-on-Demand updated charts from Maryland Nautical today!

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I would like to take this op-portunity to express my sin-cerest thanks to the Mary-land Nautical staff, especially Eric Beswick, for the extraor-

dinary job performed with the support of all navigational needs for the ARC vessels worldwide. By being directly involved with all requests from each of the ARC vessels, Eric has coordinated the staff at Maryland Nautical to ac-complish difficult tasks and deliver materials to the re-questing vessels without any schedule hesitation and wherever the port may be. By Maryland Nautical keeping up with automatic chart distribution procedures, it has made the job for each Captain easier to keep updated with required current charts on board. I highly recom-mend Maryland Nautical to any company requiring nauti-cal materials and services.

- Mike Miller, Purchasing Agent Crowley Maritime Corporation

Maryland Nautical is also a distributor of Maritime Progress and has a complete array of marine safety posters, placards and signage that meet the IMO standards and national requirements.

Maritime Progress in close liaison with regulatory authorities, key ship owners and operators ensures all products meet current international legislation and are relevant for today’s on board ship man-agement.

With more than 25 years of production experience both processes are moni-tored under an ISO9001:2008 Quality Assurance System. Special signage spe-cific to our customers’ needs can be pro-duced with state of the art printing tech-

niques on a variety of materials. Contact our office for details and special pricing.

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What Customers are saying...

I have worked on 4 differ-ent ARC ships in the past 1-1/2 years (Liberty, Honor, Patriot, and Independence II). All 4 vessels have their chart services supplied by Maryland Nautical. On

each ship, we have required assistance from MNS for different reasons. Our point of contact in each instance was Eric Beswick. ALWAYS promptly responded to our requests and trying to assist us with problems we were having. Mostly, problems were with the ship's ECDIS charts (permits & corrections). Eric, using explicit e-mail instructions, guided us through the issues on each ship. On other occasions, he has assisted us in updating our inventory and supplying us with updates.

- Captain Kimberly A. Borges, Master M/V Independence II

“I can recall a few times where Eric Beswick has gone above and beyond to keep our vessels moving without delay. Between 2005 to 2009, Vane Broth-ers was heavy into New Barge & Tug Construction. Eric worked late nights and weekends to handle our demand with our tugs navigating to the Gulf and the Great Lakes. Eric consistently provides invaluable service to Vane Line Bunkering”

– Ed Adams, Senior Services & Maintenance Buyer Vane Brothers

Well known in Asia and Europe, Sealite products are quickly becoming a leader in the US Market.

MNS spokesman Ted Applegarth notes "Keeping mariners safe at sea has always been our focus, and we are pleased to be able to provide our government and civil-ian clients with these superior aids to marine navigation."

MNS will work closely with the New Hampshire-based Sealite USA, LLC, where an increasing por-tion of Sealite products will be manufactured. The relationship gives customers faster access to Seal-ite's revolutionary marine safety technology.

Maryland Nautical Sales (MNS) has added yet anoth-er product line to their repertoire, with their recent appointment as a dealer for Sealite® Aids to Marine Navigation. MNS will serve the Mid-Atlantic area with Sealite products and technology.

Australian-based Sealite is the world's fastest growing manufacturer of marine aids to navigation, offering the widest range of solar-powered LED lanterns in the marketplace. Sealite specializes in "next-generation"

lights, phasing out incandescent lights with ultra-high in-tensity LEDs (Light Emitting Diodes) that are extremely power-efficient and virtually maintenance-free. An ISO 9001 com-pany, Sealite is re-nown for its relia-bility, repeatability and customer satis-faction.

Maryland Nautical Sales announced as Sealite® Dealer

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Maryland Nautical offers Navigation Chart Inventory Services to vessels all over the world, and we're dedi-cated to keeping those vessels in compliance with SOLAS and ISM Safety Codes. Our service allows the ship owner, manager and officers the ability to main-tain up-to-date inventories of charts and pubs as re-quired by IMO (SOLAS) and any other national or in-ternational regulation.

Charts & Pubs Tracking Subscription: in consultation with the ship's officers, MD Nautical Sales enters an inventory of charts and publications onboard the ves-sel into our tracking database. Each time we are ad-vised of an edition change by a publisher or hydrographic office, the subscriber's requirements are updated. Clients can arrange to have the updated products delivered immediately or on schedule. The tracking service is provided at no charge! You pay only for the actual charts and publications.

Product lines include charts and publications by the British Admiralty, NGA, NOS, Canadian Hydrographic Service, USCG and IMO publications.

Additionally, we stock a worldwide selection of charts, printed onsite from the digital database, or hand-corrected by our trained cartographers.

Our extensive product knowledge and years of experi-ence in the maritime industry enables us to offer a complete range of inventory and maintenance services for your Ship's Library. We take pride in the quality of service we provide; our customer testimonials tell the tale!

Davis Ship Service is an affiliate of Maryland Nautical Sales, specializing in providing logistical support and transportation services to vessels arriving in the Port of Baltimore, MD since 1980.

Vessel Chart Folio Management

Crew Transportation

US Customs & Immigration Clearance

CDL/HazMat Drivers

Bonded P/U & Delivery

Warehousing & Storage (3,000 Sq. Ft.)

Palletizing & Crating

USDA Approved Foreign Garbage Removal

Laundry

Bonded Payroll Deliveries

We Ship Worldwide Daily!

Maryland Nautical’s History

Theresa Abel - Logistics Manager Maryland Nautical/Davis Ship

Sandy Markey - Shipping/Receiving Manager

Meet Maryland Nautical’s Shipping & Receiving Department

Brandon Hoffman - Shipping, Receiving & Packaging

In 1931, 17 year old seaman John Hart went to sea for the first time . After 18 years he came ashore working as a compass adjuster at the Baltimore branch of Wilfred O. White and Sons.

Wilfred came from a shipbuilding family dating back to 15th century Eng-land. Born in Melbourne Australia, Mr. White came to the United States in 1898 and married Ruth Eldridge, the daughter of George Eldridge, who charted the first tide and current tables in the U.S. The White family started a small nautical instrument dealership which became Wilfred O. White and Sons .

Captain Hart showed a quick grasp of the retail business, greatly expanding the inventory at Wilfred O. White. Captain Hart purchased the Baltimore branch in 1957, changing the name to Maryland Nautical Sales, Inc.

In 1975, he sold Maryland Nautical Sales to William Bridges and his son, who operated the business at the downtown Baltimore location. In 1986, the compa-ny was purchased by Robert and Brian Davis, who moved the business to Hull Street in the old Port of Baltimore neighborhood of Locust Point.

In 1993, Maryland Nautical (and its affiliates, Davis Ship Service, Inc. and The Davis Group, Inc.) were moved four blocks to its present location on E. Clement St. - 7,000 sq. ft. facility with additional storage, parking and an expanded show-room.

As a supplier of worldwide charts and publications of the U.K. Hydrographic Office (British Admiralty) since 1987, Mary-land Nautical was granted “International Admiralty Chart Agent" status by the UKHO in 1999, and is now authorized to produce Print on Demand charts.

Captain Hart (center) in 1957

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