Sea Ledger, March 1999

1999-03-01 to 1999-03-31 · archive

issued
265
warning-days in force
4,068
in force at month end
119
sea × type cells
162

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

By type

typeissuedwarning-daysin force at end
Exercises79250.412
Nav aids551,257.437
Cable ops34411.915
Quakes30121.24
Incidents142406
Surveys14142.44
Other8458.412
Missiles8116.54
Icebergs791.80
Ordnance569.42
Derelicts41331
Spills41093
Wrecks1203.46
Containers1129.42
Towing123.31
War risk01244
Structures0311
Debris0622
Restricted0311
Mines0311
Volcanic0311

By sea and type · 162 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Exercises · Adriatic Sea3135.6
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceanlong running9108.5
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean8142.5
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean842.2
Cable ops · North Sea835.1
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean812.1
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean749.8
Exercises · Aegean Sea644.1
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean635
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean618
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean560.1
Nav aids · Indian Ocean520.1
Nav aids · Bass Strait514.3
Exercises · Ligurian Sea59
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sealong running4119.9
Nav aids · North Sea467
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean464.9
Cable ops · Eastern China Sea350.5
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland347.3
Cable ops · Philippine Sea341.8
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean324.4
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin321.5
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin319
Exercises · South China Sea316.7
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel316.6
Cable ops · English Channel314.8
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel312.6
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin311
Exercises · Black Sea39.1
Quakes · Arctic Ocean39
Cable ops · Bristol Channel39
Surveys · Celtic Sea36.3
Incidents · Philippine Sea30
Nav aids · Celtic Sea262.7
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea252.7
Nav aids · Coral Sea243.4
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean242.9
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea235.8
Missiles · South Atlantic Ocean222.8
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean220.3
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean217.5
Spills · North Pacific Ocean216
Cable ops · Indian Ocean214.4
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean212.8
Other · North Pacific Ocean210.5
Exercises · Japan Sea29.7
Quakes · Celebes Sea26
Quakes · Ceram Sea26
Quakes · Molukka Sea26
Quakes · Indian Ocean25.7
Exercises · Malacca Strait25.2
Exercises · Ionian Sea24.9
Nav aids · Bristol Channel24.4
Exercises · Caribbean Sea22.4
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin22.3
Nav aids · English Channel20.5
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin1136
Wrecks · North Sea182.4
Other · North Sealong running182.1
Other · South Atlantic Ocean152.6
Missiles · North Atlantic Ocean133.6
Cable ops · Celtic Sea132.2
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean130.7
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean128.1
Derelicts · Philippine Sea124.9
Other · Persian Gulf124.4
Surveys · Adriatic Sealong running123.2
Derelicts · Gulf of Mexico123.1
Spills · Gulf of St. Lawrence114
Towing · Ionian Sea112.3
Surveys · Ionian Sea111.4
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean19
Surveys · English Channel18.6
Nav aids · Malacca Strait18.4
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin18.3
Other · Aegean Sea18.1
Icebergs · South Pacific Ocean18.1
Cable ops · Balearic (Iberian Sea)17.4
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea17.2
Exercises · Alboran Sea16.4
Ordnance · South China Sea14.6
Incidents · Ionian Sea14.3
Nav aids · Eastern China Sea14
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean13.9
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Bering Sea13
Quakes · Eastern China Sea13
Quakes · Java Sea13
Quakes · Philippine Sea13
Quakes · Solomon Sea12.9
Nav aids · Tasman Sea11.8
Other · Ligurian Sea11.4
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Sea11.3
Exercises · Philippine Sea10.6
Containers · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel10.4
Ordnance · Greenland Sea10.2
Surveys · Ligurian Sea10.1
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel10
War risk · Persian Gulflong running0124
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean092
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running074
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceanlong running069
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel062
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running053
Cable ops · Persian Gulf043
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running043
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running042
Other · South Pacific Ocean037
Spills · Gulf of Mexico032
Debris · Adriatic Sea031
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Nav aids · Bismarck Sea031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running031
Incidents · Caribbean Sealong running031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suez031
Nav aids · Ligurian Sea031
Other · Makassar Strait031
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running031
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel031
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean031
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean031
Mines · North Sealong running031
Structures · Persian Gulf031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Nav aids · Solomon Sea031
Wrecks · South China Sea031
Nav aids · Sulu Sea031
Spills · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sea031
Derelicts · South China Sea029
Other · Ionian Sea026
Incidents · North Sea025
Containers · Persian Gulf025
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean023
Other · Labrador Sea018
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight014
Cable ops · North Pacific Ocean013
Containers · Celtic Sea012
Other · Gulf of Mexico012
Derelicts · Indian Ocean012
Incidents · Ligurian Sea012
Wrecks · Malacca Strait012
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean012
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean012
Surveys · North Sea012
Incidents · South China Sea012
Towing · Black Sea011
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea011
Icebergs · Labrador Sea06
Cable ops · South China Sea06
Spills · Bering Sea04
Nav aids · Ionian Sea04
Wrecks · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin04
Incidents · Mozambique Channel04
Spills · Gulf of Alaska03
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean01.5
Quakes · Southern Ocean01.3
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin00

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-03, 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, March 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards