Sea Ledger, January 1999

1999-01-01 to 1999-01-31 · archive

issued
248
warning-days in force
5,209
in force at month end
175
sea × type cells
149

baseline: same month, previous 5 years — not available for this month (needs three fully collected reference months)

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Nav aids601,964.863
Cable ops38351.412
Exercises32193.14
Quakes291154
Incidents25369.515
Surveys25308.115
Other8576.717
Derelicts6182.55
Missiles692.84
Spills61304
Icebergs546.35
Containers31965
Wrecks2336.49
Ordnance162.12
Mines133.92
Volcanic133.12
War risk01244
Towing0311
Structures0311
Debris000
Restricted0311

By sea and type · 149 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1235.8
Nav aids · English Channel11112.1
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceanlong running897
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean852.2
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean89.7
Exercises · Aegean Sealong running763.8
Nav aids · Celtic Sea756.5
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin755.5
Cable ops · North Sea744.1
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean730.2
Exercises · Adriatic Sea717
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean6286.2
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running6190.5
Incidents · South Atlantic Oceanlong running657.1
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean623
Nav aids · North Sealong running5121.2
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean560
Cable ops · Celtic Sea536.4
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel516.1
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel514.7
Surveys · English Channel57.6
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland472.2
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean436.1
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin426.2
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sealong running3179.6
Spills · Gulf of Mexico370
Nav aids · Coral Sea348.5
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean329
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean313
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin310.9
Nav aids · Bass Strait37.1
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin2112.2
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean2106.7
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceanlong running296.4
Other · South Pacific Ocean258.2
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea241.7
Surveys · North Atlantic Oceanlong running233.3
Surveys · Celtic Sea220.5
Derelicts · South China Sea220.3
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea220.2
Cable ops · Ionian Sea217.6
Cable ops · South China Sea213.3
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel211.3
Cable ops · Java Sea210.6
Quakes · Philippine Sea26
Exercises · Ligurian Sea25.7
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean25.7
Cable ops · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland24
Incidents · Philippine Sea21
Other · North Sealong running193.5
Derelicts · Indian Oceanlong running159.9
Nav aids · Indian Ocean159.9
Other · South Atlantic Oceanlong running159.7
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean132.8
Other · Gulf of Mexicolong running132
Containers · South Atlantic Ocean130.3
Cable ops · Indian Ocean126.7
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel123.9
Nav aids · Bismarck Sea123
Other · Bass Strait112.9
Incidents · Mozambique Channel112.7
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel111.5
Icebergs · Indian Ocean110.2
Surveys · Caribbean Sea19.7
Derelicts · Eastern China Sea19.6
Nav aids · Tasman Sea16.3
Cable ops · Aegean Sea15.2
Cable ops · Tyrrhenian Sea13.1
Quakes · Bering Sea13
Quakes · Bismarck Sea13
Quakes · Coral Sea13
Quakes · Indian Ocean13
Quakes · Molukka Sea13
Quakes · Sea of Okhotsk13
Quakes · Solomon Sea13
Mines · North Pacific Ocean12.9
Exercises · Gulf of Guinea12.7
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean12.1
Surveys · Ligurian Sea12
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea12
Other · South China Sea11.9
Wrecks · Philippine Sea11.5
Cable ops · Bay of Biscay11.3
Surveys · Ionian Sea10.3
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean10.1
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0124
Wrecks · North Sea0114
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running093
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running093
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running083
Incidents · South China Sealong running067
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running065
Nav aids · Adriatic Sealong running062
Cable ops · Persian Gulf062
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running062
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea059
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Surveys · Adriatic Sealong running031
Nav aids · Black Sea031
Towing · Black Sealong running031
Nav aids · Bristol Channellong running031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea031
Incidents · Caribbean Sealong running031
Containers · Celtic Sealong running031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suez031
Surveys · Japan Sea031
Other · Labrador Sealong running031
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea031
Incidents · Ligurian Sealong running031
Other · Makassar Strait031
Wrecks · Malacca Straitlong running031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel031
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean031
Restricted · North Atlantic Ocean031
Derelicts · North Pacific Oceanlong running031
Mines · North Sea031
Surveys · North Sealong running031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Nav aids · Philippine Sealong running031
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Incidents · Red Sea031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean031
Wrecks · South China Sea031
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean031
Nav aids · Sulu Sea031
Nav aids · Timor Sealong running031
Spills · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Derelicts · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin028
Containers · South China Sea028
Derelicts · Coral Sea021
Wrecks · English Channel021
Other · Persian Gulf021
Nav aids · Arafura Sea011
Other · Ionian Sea07
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean07
Nav aids · Rio de La Plata05
Other · Caribbean Sea03
Incidents · Celebes Sea01
Incidents · Laccadive Sea00
Derelicts · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin00
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean00
Structures · North Sea00
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean00

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-01, retrieved 2026-09-03

Not for navigation. Warning-days = days each warning was in force within the month, summed. Only warnings we display are counted; the ratio compares warnings issued with the mean of the reference months.

Sea Ledger, January 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards