The Greenland Harbour Pilot on the internet (www.gronlandskehavnelods.dk) contains updated information on 99 Greenlandic harbours (towns, settlements and stations).

The information about the harbours in the Greenland Harbour Pilot is published and maintained by the Danish Geodata Agency, which means that the Greenland Harbour Pilot is an official nautical publication.

The information in the Greenland Harbour Pilot reflects the information that the harbour pilot’s editorial team has received about the harbours over time.

In this connection, the Danish Geodata Agency wishes to particularly thank those persons and institutions, who have contributed to the information gathering and the supply of material.

Retired master mariner Fritz Ploug Nielsen, Royal Arctic Line, has been responsible for gathering new information and pictures from various institutions and ships, and has redrafted chart sketches from the settlement ship M/S Pajuttaat, the settlement tanker M/T Orasila and his own surveys. The former Ice Centre in Narsarsuaq has contributed photos from South Greenland. M/S Pajuttaat, M/T Orasila and M/S Sarfaq Ittuk have contributed photos and depth data from the east and west coasts. Royal Arctic Line's operations department has also provided information, photos and contact details for the smaller settlement ships. Asiaq has contributed information and photos.

For each harbour, therefore, an effort has been made to present information in the form of text, harbour plans/sketches and photos. The harbour facilities are illustrated with pictograms.
There is also a page with the executive order concerning navigation in Greenland waters. The same page has the standard regulations for compliance with the order in Greenlandic harbours (except for Kangilinnguit (Grønnedal) and Pituffik (Thule Air Base)).

Updating
www.gronlandskehavnelods.dk is updated every Wednesday at 0800 West Greenland time or 1200 Danish time. It is stated for each harbour when the information was last updated.

The Chart Corrections that are issued weekly contain an overview of the harbours in the Greenland Harbour Pilot, whose text and harbour plans have been updated in that particular week.

User rights
The Danish Maritime Authority publishes Notices to Mariners (EfS) every week.

These contain notices pertaining to e.g.:
Works concerning renovations and extensions of harbours (so-called preliminary notices, indicated by a (P) in front of the headline in the notice). P = Preliminary.
Temporary turning off of pier lights (e.g. due to a technical fault) or works for e.g. the repair of quay facilities (so-called temporary notices, indicated by a (T) in front of the headline in the notice). T = Temporary.

Works and incidents, such as the above, may mean that the information about the harbours (text and harbour plans) in the Greenland Harbour Pilot is not correct or complete for a period of time.

The information in the preliminary and temporary notices could also affect navigation planning and the navigation of the harbour.

The Greenland Harbour Pilot's editorial team will often, but not always, arrange for information of this nature to be reproduced in the text for the relevant harbour under the specially highlighted section Notice. It is therefore recommended that the information in the section Notice is read before using the other information and the harbour plan/sketch.

It is important, therefore, for the users of the Greenland Harbour Pilot to keep themselves informed about preliminary and temporary notices concerning the harbours in the Notices to Mariners (EfS) and in some cases, they should also add corrections to transcripts from the Greenland Harbour Pilot on the internet.

There is a link to EfS on the right side of this page under Introduction.

Navigation
The harbours can be navigated both day and night unless otherwise stated under the section Navigation in the text for the individual harbour.

Accuracy of harbour plans
Due to the age, quality and origin of certain source materials, the positional accuracy that can be achieved with satellite navigation systems may in some cases be better than the accuracy of the harbour plans. Note that there are harbour plans in both WGS-84 and in Qornoq 1927 datum, as well as harbour sketches without coordinates and with/without scale.

Geographical search
In the small chart viewer, an area can be selected by pointing and clicking with the mouse. The selected area is then displayed in the large chart viewer.

The area in the large chart viewer can be moved by clicking the mouse on the arrows in the chart viewer's frame. The harbours are marked with blue dots. When the cursor is moved over a dot, the harbour's name appears in a yellow field. Clicking the mouse on the dot brings up the information about the selected harbour. In areas where the dots are close together due to the scale of the chart, the names of all harbours in the area are displayed in the yellow field. Information about the individual harbour can be accessed by moving the cursor over the names in the yellow field and then clicking on the relevant harbour.

Free text search
Free text search is available in three search categories. Use the mouse to mark the required search category, e.g. Stations. Type the first letters of the station’s name and select the required station by clicking the mouse. Click on Show on chart or press the Return/Enter key to move the area in the large chart viewer so that the selected station is in the centre and is marked with a small, white cross. The small chart viewer displays the same area. Clicking on Display information brings up the information about the selected station.

Save and Print
All information can be saved and printed in PDF format.
Printing of text, photos, harbour plans and pictograms
1) Either:
Select print - PDF in the upper right corner of the front page. The menu displays the prints that can be selected. Mark the required printout with the mouse. For example, if All is selected, all available information about the harbour is displayed in PDF format. Click with the mouse on the icon in the Print toolbar or press Ctrl+P on the keyboard and select OK in the print menu.

2) Or: (Applies only to photos, harbour plans and pictograms)
Select Show large photo/Show large harbour plan/Show all pictograms with the mouse. Note also that the numbered buttons underneath indicate the number of harbour plans and photos displayed for the harbour. If there are several photos or harbour plans for a harbour, these must be printed individually, unless the Alt menu is selected, as described above, in the print selector on the front page.

Select Print with the mouse, after which the harbour plan is displayed in PDF format. Click with the mouse on the icon in the Print toolbar or press Ctrl+P on the keyboard and select OK in the print menu.

Printer set-up in Acrobat Reader
Especially when printing harbour plans, try not to adapt to the page or margin so that scaling of the plans is avoided.

Select NO SCALING in the printer menu.

Save
If you want to save e.g. the harbour plan for Aasiaat Havn:

1. Select print - PDF, and then select Harbour plan. The harbour plan is now displayed in PDF format.
2. Click Save
3. In the Save as menu, the harbour plan can be named e.g. Aasiaat Harbour Plan.pdf and saved in a selected folder on the hard drive.

Explanation of pictograms
The editorial team has gathered information about the resources present in/at each harbour.

In order for the user to obtain a quick overview of the facilities in each harbour, they are described using pictograms.
If a facility is present, the pictogram will be highlighted in a bright colour. When the cursor is placed on the pictogram, an explanation is displayed of what the pictogram means and whether or not the facility is available in the harbour.

For some facilities, such as fresh water or cranes, it may be necessary to read the section on "Resources" in the text. You can make sure here that the required facility is present or that, e.g. a crane has the required lifting capacity.

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