Sea Ledger, December 1999

1999-12-01 to 1999-12-31 · archive

issued
362
warning-days in force
5,799
in force at month end
186
sea × type cells
171

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 aids701,766.158
Cable ops57631.725
Quakes521567
Incidents50726.724
Exercises45284.33
Containers21138.56
Surveys161754
Ordnance8524.613
Icebergs843.52
Other7348.312
Missiles762.92
Wrecks7581.920
Derelicts736.60
Spills4602
Debris24.60
Piracy10.70
War risk0311
Structures071.52
Restricted0311
Mines0622
Volcanic0622

By sea and type · 171 cells, most issued first

cellissuedwarning-daysvs 5 y
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean29286.4
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean1550.3
Nav aids · Celtic Sea1239.6
Nav aids · North Sea11120.3
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean1156.4
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean1035.5
Quakes · Coral Sea922.9
Nav aids · English Channel881.8
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean853.2
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean843.5
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean835
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean7119.1
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean6146.9
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean662
Cable ops · North Sea655.8
Incidents · Coral Sea637.7
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea5140.9
Exercises · Gulf of Mexico538.4
Cable ops · Ionian Sea510.6
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland4142.4
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean4120.7
Incidents · Arabian Sea458.7
Incidents · South China Sea451.6
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean417.9
Containers · Celtic Sea415.6
Quakes · Indian Ocean413.2
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean412
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean410.4
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sea393.6
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean370.5
Surveys · Ligurian Sea355.4
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean354.3
Exercises · South Atlantic Ocean331.7
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean319.7
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean316.6
Ordnance · North Pacific Ocean315.4
Surveys · North Sea312.5
Exercises · Ionian Sea311.1
Quakes · Caribbean Sea39
Quakes · Solomon Sea39
Exercises · Adriatic Sea35.8
Surveys · Celtic Sea35.6
Incidents · Indian Ocean279.8
Wrecks · English Channel276.9
Nav aids · Malacca Strait271.8
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel261.9
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel257.8
Ordnance · North Atlantic Ocean250.3
Exercises · Aegean Sea245.3
Wrecks · Malacca Strait244
Cable ops · Arabian Sea234.6
Nav aids · Tasman Sea232.7
Containers · Tyrrhenian Sea231.9
Spills · North Pacific Ocean228
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean225
Nav aids · Bass Strait221.9
Surveys · Philippine Sea218.3
Wrecks · Bay of Biscay217.6
Containers · North Sea213.7
Containers · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel213.2
Containers · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin210.8
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin27.9
Quakes · Molukka Sea27.5
Quakes · Gulf of Alaska26
Quakes · Philippine Sea26
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean26
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight23.6
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean1165.3
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean148.3
Other · South China Sea143.6
Incidents · Tasman Sea140.8
Nav aids · South China Sea138.2
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Sea134.5
Cable ops · Tasman Sea130.9
Incidents · Persian Gulf130.2
Incidents · Bay of Biscay129
Wrecks · Baltic Sea128.6
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean127.9
Incidents · Bering Sea122
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea120.4
Cable ops · Celtic Sea117
Nav aids · Indian Ocean113.7
Exercises · South China Sea113.4
Other · Philippine Sea112.9
Cable ops · Malacca Strait112.6
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin111.9
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea111.7
Other · Great Australian Bight110.7
Cable ops · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland17.8
Containers · South Atlantic Ocean17
Containers · Indian Ocean16.8
Derelicts · Celebes Sea16.6
Incidents · Caribbean Sea16.5
Cable ops · Indian Ocean16.5
Containers · Persian Gulf16
Derelicts · North Sea15.7
Containers · Sea of Okhotsk15.3
Ordnance · Philippine Sea14.8
Surveys · Aegean Sea14.5
Debris · Coral Sea14.3
Exercises · Indian Ocean14.2
Incidents · Laccadive Sea14.2
Containers · Ligurian Sea14.1
Quakes · Alboran Sea13
Quakes · Banda Sea13
Quakes · Bismarck Sea13
Quakes · Ceram Sea13
Quakes · Halmahera Sea13
Quakes · South China Sea13
Cable ops · English Channel12.8
Nav aids · Bay of Fundy12.4
Other · South Atlantic Ocean12.4
Other · Ligurian Sea12.3
Other · Tasman Sea12.2
Incidents · Philippine Sea11.9
Incidents · Bass Strait11.7
Derelicts · Philippine Sea11.6
Missiles · Gulf of Mexico10.9
Other · English Channel10.7
Piracy · North Atlantic Ocean10.7
Derelicts · Coral Sea10.6
Quakes · Japan Sea10.5
Ordnance · Greenland Sea10.3
Debris · Ligurian Sea10.3
Incidents · Aegean Sea10.2
Incidents · Mozambique Channel10.1
Ordnance · Adriatic Sea0357.3
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running095.4
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal093
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running093
Wrecks · North Sealong running093
Wrecks · South China Sea093
Nav aids · Coral Sea062
Wrecks · Coral Sea062
Volcanic · North Pacific Ocean062
Mines · North Sealong running062
Cable ops · Persian Gulf062
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sealong running062
Other · North Sea052
Wrecks · South Pacific Ocean040.4
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea031
Other · Adriatic Sealong running031
Surveys · Adriatic Sea031
War risk · Adriatic Sea031
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea031
Ordnance · English Channellong running031
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico031
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running031
Wrecks · Gulf of Thailand031
Incidents · Japan Sea031
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin031
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running031
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean031
Ordnance · North Sea031
Other · Persian Gulf031
Structures · Persian Gulflong running031
Other · Red Sealong running031
Structures · South China Sea031
Other · Eastern China Sea023.4
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin016.5
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin010.6
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea09.7
Structures · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin09.5
Cable ops · Tyrrhenian Sea08.8
Spills · Gulf of Mexico07
Containers · North Pacific Ocean06.2
Wrecks · Arabian Sea02.4
Derelicts · Gulf of Mexico02.4
Other · Makassar Strait02.4
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin02.4
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin01.5

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 1999-12, 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, December 1999 — warnings by sea and type · seahazards