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Free High-Level S-100 Overview Course for Management Level to all users

January 29, 2026

A new S-100 Overview Course for Management Level is now available for FREE in the PRIMAR Training Portal, for all registered users.

The course provides an insight into S-100 for domain management purposes, focusing on the importance of S-100 for Hydrographic Offices and other agencies in the marine domain. Opportunities, cooperation, management and challenges related to S-100 are keywords for this training course, which elaborates on relevant topics for Hydrographic Offices and other national agencies in the process of implementing support for S-100 within their organizations and field of responsibility.

The 1 hour 15 min long course is available in English, with English, French and Spanish subtitles for your convenience.

Interested? Please visit here.

FREE S-124 course to all users

January 19, 2026

New S-124 course created by SHOM - now available for FREE in the PRIMAR Training Portal. Visit for English or French version.

S-100 & S-101 Course Bundle Updated

June 10, 2026

As a consequence of the updates achieved in the S-100 framework, the S-100 & S-101 Course Bundle has been expanded with updated content. 

Updated Course Content 

S-100 was released in version 5.2.0 June 2024. Following this development, the S-101 Product Specification was updated accordingly. S-101 2.0.0, being S-100 5.2.0 compatible, was released December 2024.

With the release of updated content in the S-100 & S-101 Course Bundle, students can now build knowledge and experience on the framework needed to produce operational S-101 ENCs. The update includes new and enhanced video material, Q&A and training exercise. The new videos now contain subtitles with language selection, and the ability to watch and download transcripts of the content.

Important notice:
NB! By the end of 2025, the outdated content will be removed, leaving only the updated content remaining.

PRIMAR Training Platform

A wide range of training material, courses and support instructions are being developed to empower you to become an S-100 expert
Hydrographic Offices
Enable your experts to get an in depth understanding of the S-100 data model and the many other product specifications. Many of the courses include practical exercises and relevant reading material.

oems and others
Get an introduction to the differences between S-57 and S-100 to get a head start on developing functionality supporting the new S-100 series of chart standards.
PRIMAR Member states
All of our courses are free for PRIMAR Member states. Visit PRIMAR web page for more information.

All courses

Hans Chr. Lauritzen

PRIMAR Director
These are the same courses offered internally to train staff in PRIMAR and in the Norwegian Hydrographic Service to learn all aspects about the new S-100 standard, including the data model and for S-101 ENC production. More courses will be added to the training platform.