On March 20 and 21, according to the coordination that began in 2023 in Argentina, bilateral technical meetings took place, with the participation of the Ambassador of Argentina in Chile, Jorge Faurie; the Director of the Argentine Naval Hydrography Service (SHN), Navy Commodore Hernán Montero, the Director of Limits of the Directorate of State Borders and Limits (DIFROL), Samy Hawa, and the Director of the Hydrographic and Oceanographic Service of the Navy ( SHOA), Rear Admiral Arturo Oxley.

The objective of this activity was to translate, by signing into separate agreements and protocols, the regulatory framework for joint technical work, whose fundamental purpose is to produce from the second half of this year; Digital Nautical Cartography (CNE), in accordance with modern safety standards, and make it available to the national and international community for the 2024 2025 Cruise season, which usually begins in said area, in the month of November, and one of which Routes with the greatest and most recent exponential growth are the ones to the city of Punta Arenas, Ushuaia, Puerto Williams, and from there, via Drake Passage and the Southern Ocean, heading to Antarctica.

This activity has a double historical connotation, since it marks 40 years since the signing of the Treaty of Peace and Friendship in the month of November 1984 in Rome, precisely the dates on which it is expected to report the launch of this Cartography; and on the other hand, the Hydrographic Service of the Navy, the body that in the Chilean part of the Canal must carry out the preparation of this product, is celebrating 150 years of life, so the occasion allowed us to celebrate this project of great importance for both countries.

Achieving this commitment to cartographic production was not an easy task. In the case of Chile, it was necessary to deploy SHOA professional and technical personnel in surface units with hydrographic capabilities, where, for more than 45 days of hard work and under extreme conditions, , a significant volume of hydro-oceanographic geospatial data was obtained, mainly depth and positioning, which will allow not only to update the current paper nautical cartography, but will also contribute to improving navigation safety through the development of nautical cartography electronic, in accordance with the latest technological advances worldwide in the field of safe navigation. This entire process has been supervised both on the ground and in the office, by the National Directorate of Borders and Limits, a Service dependent on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and one of whose most relevant functions is to supervise and authorize by decree, the publication of national cartography. that contains the international limits of our country, following a review process, which in this particular case has been carried out much more quickly than usual, given the relevance of the task.