Bangladesh Navy
Hydrographic & Oceanographic Center
BNHOC is a legacy of the persistent advancement of BN hydrography. Thus its history is necessarily integrated with the history of BN Hydrographic Department which started it’s journey by establishing Hydrographic School in 1983 at BNS ISSA KHAN. Having felt the necessity to manage and organize the distribution of charts and publications, BN Chart Depot was established in the same year.
BN Hydrographic Department underwent outstanding transformation to the much needed digital hydrographic surveying capabilities with the help of French Government under the scheme of Hydro Bangla Project-1 in 1996. The next major step of modernizing was Hydro Bangla Project-2, which was conducted in 2001. Under both the projects, a good number of officers and sailors were trained both in France and in Bangladesh by French surveyors. After those projects, BN shifted from analogue/conventional survey to digital survey. Those projects were.. Read More
Cdre A K M M Sherafullah, (H), NGP, BCGMS, psc, BN was born on 10 July 1970. He joined Bangladesh Naval Academy as Officer Cadet on 01 January 1989. On completion of his successful basic training, he was commissioned in the Executive Branch of Bangladesh Navy on 01 July 1991 and has got 30 years of outstanding blend of professional and academic career profile. Cdre A K M M Sherafullah completed his Basic Hydrography course in 1997 from BN Hydrography School, BNS ISSA KHAN, Chittagong. He then completed Category-B Hydrography Course from Ecole de Hydrograph, EPSHOM, Brest, France in 1999. He has completed Long Hydrography course from Hydrography School, BNS ISSA KHAN in 2009 and Category-A Hydrography Course from Fost-HM, HMS Drake, Plymouth, UK in 2014. Read More
Cdre A K M M Sherafullah, (H), NGP, BCGMS, psc, BN was born on 10 July 1970. He joined Bangladesh Naval Academy as Officer... Read More
Jun 21, 2021
Chattogram, 21 June 2021: Bangladesh celebrated ‘World Hydro... Read More
Jun 21, 2018
Chittagong, 21 June 2018: Bangladesh observed ‘Word Hydrogra... Read More
Jun 21, 2016
Chittagong, 21 June 2016: Bangladesh observed World Hydrography Da... Read More
Jun 21, 2015
Chittagong, 21 June 2015: Bangladesh observed World Hydrography Da... Read More
BNHOC charts and Publications should be maintained so that they are fully up-to-date for the latest safety-critical navigational information. BNHOC Notices to Mariners (NM) service provides all of the data you need to maintain our products. BNHOC NMs contain all the corrections, alterations and amendments for the coastal areas of Bangladesh and Bay of Bengal.
They are published as and when required and also annually. BNHOC NM can be downloaded in PDF format. If you don’t have Acrobat Reader you can download it from clicking the following button.
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