The IHO Worldwide ENC database working group (WENDWG) gathered at the 13th regular annual meeting in Aalborg, Denmark, 21–23 February 2023. The meeting was hosted by the Danish Geodata Agency (DGA). The main purpose of WENDWG is to advise the Interregional Coordination Committee...

For the first time in its history, Croatia took permanent seat on the IHO Council.  Among 24 Member States of the regional Mediterranean and Black Seas Hydrographic Commission (MBSHC), which includes Croatia, Italy and France also took seat on the Council. The permanent members of the...

The 14^th Meeting of the IHO Marine Spatial Data Infrastructures Working Group (MSDIWG) took place in Genoa, Italy, from 30 January to 3 February 2023. The meeting was hosted by the Italian Hydrographic Institute....

Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia and the Ministry of Culture and Media of the Republic of Croatia signed a Cooperation Agreement. This cooperation will include joint activities in the field of scientific and professional research through exchange of expertise..

The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia and the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the University of Zagreb signed on 5 December 2022 an Agreement on scientific-research, technical, educational, and business cooperation...

A ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of the Ploče Port Authority was held on its premises on 20 December 2022. At the ceremony, Director of the Hydrographic Institute Vinka Kolić was presented with Certificate of Appreciation by the State Secretary for the Sea and EU Funds...

Representatives of the HHI participated in the three-day training courses on cartographic data management and Marine Spatial Data Infrastructure, which took place at the University of Istanbul 5 – 9 December 2022 under the auspices...

The HYDRO22 Conference took place 5 – 8 December 2022 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco, organised by the International Federation of Hydrographic Societies (IFHS) and the French Hydrographic Society (Association Francophone d'Hydrographie – AFHY). Several sessions were organised, covering a wide range of topics...

The Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia (HHI) has deployed a directional waverider buoy in the aquatorium of the city of Ploče, in 43°0.575'N  17°23.476'E (WGS 84 coordinate system), with a light signal (group of five yellow flashes every 20 seconds) visible 4 NM. Navigation is...

A working meeting was held at the HHI on 10 November 2022, with the participation of: Director of the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO) Rear Admiral Luigi Sinapi, President of the European Maritime Pilots’ Association (EMPA) Capt. Erik Dalege, President and Secretary of the Croatian Maritime...

The 29th ordinary meeting of the PRIMAR Advisory Committee was held in Split from 8 to 9 November 2022 under the Croatian chairmanship. PRIMAR gathers 16 national hydrographic offices. The meeting was chaired by the HHI director Vinka Kolić and attended by more than 20 representatives...

The Agreement on scientific and research, and technical and business cooperation between the Croatian Geological Survey and the Hydrographic Institute of the Republic of Croatia was signed on 31 October 2022 on the premises of the Croatian Geological Survey, Zagreb...