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      United Kingdom
      - Aberdeen Harbour Board
      - Argyll & Bute Council
      - Associated British Ports – Ayr & Troon
      - Associated British Ports – Barrow
      - Associated British Ports – Cardiff & Barry
      - Associated British Ports – Fleetwood
      - Associated British Ports – Garston
      - Associated British Ports – Humber
      - Associated British Ports – Ipswich
      - Associated British Ports – King’s Lynn
      - Associated British Ports – Lowestoft
      - Associated British Ports – Newport
      - Associated British Ports – Plymouth
      - Associated British Ports – Silloth
      - Associated British Ports – Southampton
      - Associated British Ports – Swansea & Port Talbot
      - Associated British Ports – Teignmouth
      - Belfast Harbour Commissioners
      - Blyth Harbour Commission
      - Cattewater Harbour Commissioners (Cattewater, Plymouth)
      - Chichester Harbour Conservancy
      - Clydeport Operations Limited
      - Cromarty Firth Port Authority
      - Cowes Harbour Commission
      - Dart Harbour and Navigation Authority
      - Dover Harbour Board
      - Falmouth Harbour Commissioners
      - First Corporate Shipping Limited (Bristol)
      - Folkestone Harbour Company (Folkestone)
      - Forth Ports plc
      - Fowey Harbour Commissioners
      - Fraserburgh Harbour Commissioners
      - Gloucester Harbour Trustees
      - Great Yarmouth Port Authority (Great Yarmouth)
      - Hampshire County Council (Hamble, River Hamble)
      - Harwich Haven Authority
      - Heysham Port Limited
      - Imerys Minerals Ltd (Par)
      - Inverness Harbour Trust (Inverness, Inverness Firth)
      - King's Lynn Conservancy Board
      - Langstone Harbour
      - Larne Harbour Limited (Larne, Cairnryan)
      - Lerwick Port Authority
      - Littlehampton Harbour Board
      - Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners
      - Manchester Ship Canal Company
      - Mersey Docks & Harbour Company (Mersey, Liverpool, Birkenhead)
      - Milford Haven Port Authority
      - Montrose Port Authority
      - Newhaven Port and Properties Limited
      - Orkney Islands Council
      - Padstow Harbour Commissioners
      - PD Teesport
      - Peel Ports Medway (Port of Sheerness Ltd)
      - Peterhead Port Authority (Peterhead Bay, Peterhead Harbour)
      - Poole Harbour Commissioners
      - Port of Boston Limited
      - Port of London Authority
      - Port of New Ross
      - Port of Sunderland
      - Port of Tyne Authority (Tyne)
      - Port of Wisbech Authority
      - Port of Workington
      - Portland Harbour Authority Limited
      - Ports of Truro & Penryn
      - Portsmouth Commercial Port
      - Salcombe Harbour
      - Seaham Harbour Dock Company
      - Scrabster Harbour Trust
      - Shetland Islands Council
      - Shoreham Port Authority
      - Stena Line Ports Limited (Fishguard, Fleetwood, Holyhead,  Stranraer)
      - Teignmouth Harbour Commission
      - Thanet District Council (Ramsgate)
      - Torbay Council Marine Services (Tor Bay; Torquay, Brixham, Paignton)
      - Ullapool Harbour Trustees
      - Warrenpoint Harbour Authority
      - Weymouth & Portland Borough Council
      - Whitstable Harbour

      Channel Islands
      - Jersey Harbours
      - States of Guernsey Harbour Authority

      Isle of Man
      - Isle of Man Harbours Division

      Republic of Ireland
      - Bantry Bay Harbour Commissioners
      - Drogheda Port Company
      - Dublin Port Company
      - Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company
      - Galway Harbour Company
      - Kinsale Harbour Commissioners (Kinsale)
      - Port of Cork Company
      - Port of Waterford Company (Waterford)
      - Shannon Foynes Port Company (River Shannon, Limerick, Foynes)

      National hydrographic offices
      - Argentina
      - Belgium
      - Brazil
      - Croatia
      - Iceland
      - Malta
      - Netherlands
      - Oman
      - Portugal
      - South Africa
      - Spain

      Other data providers
      - Civil Aviation Authority
      - Maritime & Coastguard Agency