Since
its establishment, the South African Hydrographic Office
(SANHO) has played an essential role in supporting safe
navigation at sea in the South African region. It
supplies charts and publications to the merchant marine
and leisure sectors, and is a vital component of the
SA's maritime Defence capability. The SANHO is
recognized as the Center of Hydrographic excellence in
Africa by the International Hydrographic Community
through it's proven professional conduct, products,
innovation and supreme service.
The SANHO is the national supplier of paper
charts and publications, with a folio of over 128 charts
and 15 publications. The mission of the SANHO is to meet
National, Defence and Commercial customers' needs for
navigational charts and other hydrographic information,
in support of safe navigation.
South African Products are sold nationally through a
network of over 15 South African Distributors as well as
internationally in Namibia, the Netherlands, Portugal
and the United States of America.
The
SANHO is based at Tokai, Cape Town, and currently
employs 24 permanent and four contract staff.
