Among other features, the site will include a comprehensive port and marina services guide and an extensive searchable trade directory. Comprehensive facts and figures will be readily accessible and easy to use, says the company, with enhanced chart capability, dynamic weather forecasting with synoptic charts, tidal predictions and animated tidal flow charts, comprehensive port and marina services guide, an extensive searchable trade directory, a host of membership benefits and a mobile phone service. The annual subscription is to be £34.99.

‘There has been strong demand to bring this service to the readership,' said Reeds Nautical Online MD Simon Whittley. 'Reeds continues to set the standard for pilotage and navigation data and this easy to use online version will uphold this quality and provide a wide range of features that can only be delivered via an online platform. The ability to update data in real time is a huge bonus’.