Tracking Ocean Currents for Safer Navigation

The S-111 layer is a prediction of surface currents, one of the new services that CHS is implementing.

Time sliced every hour. There's nothing that compares to that.

The waterways in Canada are like the road network.

It's the way ships move in and out of our country.

We make nautical charts for safe navigation. So it keeps mariners safe but it also supports Canadian economy by ensuring that goods arrive safely, efficiently.

It's a pretty exciting time to be part of the CHS, as Canada is leading in a number of these areas.

The modernization of charts to ensure safe marine navigation.

An example may be a vessel transiting the narrows into Saint John's Harbor. The vessel might be impacted by strong ocean currents, high tides, and or strong forces of wind

S-111 allows us for the first time to give dynamic information, making that decision makers job that much easier.

The strongest currents in Canada is on the West coast in through here, through the inner channel and on the way up here, we've got quite strong currents. Some of them are actually quite treacherous.

This information is crucial for ships as they're transiting some of these narrow areas. The prevailing wind and other weather at the time can determine how they are going to take the corner, and that will help ensure that the vessels are transiting safely and efficiently through these passages.

As the different layers are being developed of S-100 format, we see more and more the benefits of adding those standards.

The other thing I would add about it is that we have this data Canada wide. So this isn't just secluded data in a small area or just in certain parts of the country. This is something we have for the entire country.

In the Canadian community, we are working with mariners, with vessel operators, with the Canadian Coast Guard who are making use of our products on a daily basis.

It is of great pride for us to be part of this exercise and to ensure the safe navigation in our waters.