Sea Ledger, February 2000

2000-02-01 to 2000-02-29 · archive

issued: 433
warning-days in force: 5,467
in force at month end: 192
sea × type cells: 167

baseline: same month, previous 5 years (1999-02, 1998-02, 1997-02)

By type

type	issued	warning-days	in force at end
Cable ops	162	737.8	27
Nav aids	53	1,281.3	45
Exercises	48	427.4	11
Incidents	40	674	18
Quakes	29	78.5	4
Surveys	22	165	6
Derelicts	13	59.3	4
Icebergs	13	86.1	4
Other	12	349	15
Ordnance	10	421.7	17
Spills	9	150	6
Containers	7	58.2	0
Missiles	5	58	2
War risk	4	134.2	5
Wrecks	3	575.2	21
Debris	2	13.1	0
Mines	1	64.4	3
Structures	0	29	1
Piracy	0	17.4	0
Restricted	0	29	1
Volcanic	0	58	2

By sea and type · 167 cells, most issued first

cell	issued	warning-days	at end	longest d	vs 5 y
Cable ops · South Atlantic Oceansurge	117	354.6	10	110	355× / 0.33
Cable ops · North Atlantic Oceansurge	20	65.5	4	30	12× / 1.67
Incidents · North Pacific Oceansurge	13	134	5	60	19× / 0.67
Surveys · Celtic Seanew	10	17.7	0	—	new / 0
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotlandsurge	8	163.9	5	285	8.0× / 1
Icebergs · South Atlantic Oceannew	8	50.9	2	28	new / 0
Nav aids · North Sea	8	50.6	1	122	1.4× / 5.67
Exercises · Adriatic Sea	8	25.1	0	—	1.7× / 4.67
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean	8	15.5	4	17	1.5× / 5.33
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceansurge	7	52.9	1	68	10× / 0.67
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean	7	33.8	1	26	1.6× / 4.33
Exercises · Aegean Seasurge	6	110.1	4	59	4.5× / 1.33
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Seasurge	6	104.5	4	29	9.0× / 0.67
Exercises · North Atlantic Oceansurge	6	31.9	0	—	2.6× / 2.33
Nav aids · Celtic Seasurge	6	20.9	0	—	6.0× / 1
Cable ops · North Seasurge	6	15.6	1	18	3.6× / 1.67
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceansurge	5	152.2	7	263	3.0× / 1.67
Incidents · South China Seanew	5	88.6	3	68	new / 0
Nav aids · Coral Seasurge	5	70.5	3	257	7.5× / 0.67
Missiles · North Pacific Oceansurge	5	58	2	33	3.0× / 1.67
Cable ops · South Pacific Oceannew	5	44.8	2	29	new / 0
Surveys · North Seasurge	5	27.6	1	15	15× / 0.33
Quakes · Philippine Seasurge	5	15	0	—	3.8× / 1.33
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channelsurge	5	10.4	1	13	3.8× / 1.33
Nav aids · English Channel	5	5.2	0	—	1.9× / 2.67
Ordnance · Adriatic Seanew	4	334.8	14	263	new / 0
War risk · Persian Gulfnew	4	105.2	4	26	new / 0
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basinsurge	4	49.3	0	—	12× / 0.33
Quakes · Solomon Sea	4	12	0	—	1.7× / 2.33
Nav aids · South Pacific Oceansurge	3	111	5	206	9.1× / 0.33
Spills · Gulf of Mexico	3	59	3	40	0.8× / 3.67
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean	3	59	1	32	1.1× / 2.67
Cable ops · North Pacific Oceansurge	3	56.2	3	55	4.5× / 0.67
Incidents · Coral Seanew	3	17.9	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · South Atlantic Oceannew	3	16.2	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · North Atlantic Ocean	3	16.1	0	—	1.8× / 1.67
Derelicts · Indian Oceannew	3	14	1	20	new / 0
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean	2	136.3	3	64	1.5× / 1.33
Other · Persian Gulfnew	2	55.6	3	124	new / 0
Cable ops · Tasman Seanew	2	35.5	1	90	new / 0
Cable ops · Arabian Seanew	2	33.4	1	36	new / 0
Ordnance · Tyrrhenian Seanew	2	29.9	2	117	new / 0
Exercises · Gulf of Mexiconew	2	18.2	0	—	new / 0
Containers · North Pacific Oceannew	2	17.5	0	—	new / 0
Other · South Pacific Ocean	2	15.8	1	13	6.1× / 0.33
Containers · South China Seanew	2	13.5	0	—	new / 0
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean	2	13.1	0	—	6.1× / 0.33
Icebergs · Southern Oceannew	2	12.9	0	—	new / 0
Icebergs · North Atlantic Ocean	2	10.3	2	5	1.5× / 1.33
Derelicts · Coral Seanew	2	8.9	1	16	new / 0
Surveys · Ligurian Seanew	2	7.9	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Ligurian Sea	2	6.9	0	—	3.0× / 0.67
Ordnance · North Pacific Oceannew	2	6.1	0	—	new / 0
Quakes · Coral Sea	2	6	0	—	0.9× / 2.33
Quakes · Molukka Seanew	2	6	0	—	new / 0
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean	2	6	0	—	1.5× / 1.33
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean	2	6	0	—	0.4× / 4.67
Other · Tyrrhenian Seanew	2	2.1	1	15	new / 0
Nav aids · Bass Strait	2	1.4	0	—	3.0× / 0.67
Incidents · Tasman Seanew	2	1	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Philippine Sea	2	0.2	0	—	6.1× / 0.33
Wrecks · South China Sea	1	105.5	4	140	new / 0
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal	1	71.5	2	147	new / 0
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running	1	64.9	3	439	3.0× / 0.33
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean	1	60	2	309	1.0× / 1
Nav aids · Andaman or Burma Sea	1	56.5	2	89	new / 0
Surveys · Ionian Sea	1	44.2	2	53	3.0× / 0.33
Other · North Sea	1	37.5	2	306	new / 0
Incidents · Arabian Sea	1	36.7	1	63	new / 0
Incidents · Indian Ocean	1	29	1	38	new / 0
Cable ops · Singapore Strait	1	22.5	1	22	new / 0
Other · Tasman Sea	1	20.4	1	20	new / 0
Cable ops · Great Australian Bight	1	19.6	0	—	new / 0
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	1	19.4	1	19	new / 0
Exercises · Bay of Bengal	1	18.5	1	18	new / 0
Wrecks · Adriatic Sea	1	15.3	1	15	new / 0
Spills · Bering Sea	1	14	0	—	1.5× / 0.67
Cable ops · Adriatic Sea	1	13.5	1	13	new / 0
Surveys · Indian Ocean	1	12	1	11	new / 0
Icebergs · South Pacific Ocean	1	12	0	—	new / 0
Containers · English Channel	1	11	0	—	new / 0
Nav aids · Indian Ocean	1	9.8	1	9	3.0× / 0.33
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean	1	7.1	0	—	new / 0
Containers · North Atlantic Ocean	1	6.9	0	—	1.0× / 1
Derelicts · South China Sea	1	6.9	1	32	3.0× / 0.33
Other · North Pacific Ocean	1	6.6	0	—	3.0× / 0.33
Other · Ionian Sea	1	6.5	0	—	0.8× / 1.33
Derelicts · Tasman Sea	1	6.5	0	—	new / 0
Mines · Adriatic Sea	1	6.4	1	6	new / 0
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Sea	1	6.4	1	74	1.5× / 0.67
Other · Japan Sea	1	6.3	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · Timor Sea	1	5.8	1	5	new / 0
Ordnance · Persian Gulf	1	5.6	0	—	new / 0
Ordnance · South China Sea	1	5	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · English Channel	1	4.3	0	—	0.4× / 2.33
Incidents · Solomon Sea	1	4.1	0	—	new / 0
Spills · Gulf of Alaska	1	4	1	4	3.0× / 0.33
Surveys · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	1	3.7	0	—	1.5× / 0.67
Exercises · Yellow Sea	1	3.6	1	3	new / 0
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	3.4	1	3	1.0× / 1
Cable ops · South China Sea	1	3.1	0	—	1.0× / 1
Quakes · Caribbean Sea	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Quakes · Greenland Sea	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Quakes · Indian Ocean	1	3	0	—	0.6× / 1.67
Quakes · Japan Sea	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean	1	3	0	—	1.0× / 1
Containers · South Atlantic Ocean	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	2.2	0	—	3.0× / 0.33
Surveys · English Channel	1	1.5	1	1	3.0× / 0.33
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	1	0	—	3.0× / 0.33
Derelicts · South Pacific Ocean	1	1	0	—	new / 0
Spills · The Coastal Waters of Southeast Alaska and British Columbia	1	1	1	1	new / 0
Incidents · Arafura Sea	1	0.2	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Great Australian Bight	1	0.2	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Southern Ocean	1	0.2	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · Great Australian Bight	1	0.1	0	—	new / 0
Other · Gulf of Mexico	1	0.1	1	0	3.0× / 0.33
Wrecks · English Channel	0	87	3	244	— / 0
Wrecks · North Sealong running	0	87	3	623	— / 0
Other · North Atlantic Oceanlong running	0	75.7	2	595	— / 0
Wrecks · Bay of Biscay	0	58	2	76	— / 0
Nav aids · Malacca Strait	0	58	2	137	— / 0
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	0	58	2	34	0.0× / 0.33
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel	0	58	2	90	0.0× / 0.33
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean	0	58	2	266	— / 0
Volcanic · North Pacific Oceanlong running	0	58	2	396	— / 0
Mines · North Sealong running	0	58	2	720	— / 0
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sealong running	0	58	2	495	— / 0
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	0	47.1	0	—	0.0× / 1
Nav aids · South China Sea	0	35.3	1	272	— / 0
Other · South China Sea	0	32.4	1	189	— / 0
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean	0	30.1	1	42	0.0× / 2
Nav aids · Adriatic Sea	0	29	1	343	— / 0
Other · Adriatic Sealong running	0	29	1	1,170	— / 0
Surveys · Adriatic Sea	0	29	1	347	0.0× / 0.67
War risk · Adriatic Sea	0	29	1	320	— / 0
Nav aids · Caribbean Sea	0	29	1	238	0.0× / 0.33
Incidents · Celtic Sea	0	29	1	42	— / 0
Ordnance · English Channellong running	0	29	1	958	— / 0
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea	0	29	1	71	0.0× / 0.33
Nav aids · Gulf of Suezlong running	0	29	1	634	— / 0
Wrecks · Gulf of Thailand	0	29	1	141	— / 0
Cable ops · Malacca Strait	0	29	1	72	— / 0
Wrecks · Malacca Strait	0	29	1	69	— / 0
Restricted · North Atlantic Oceanlong running	0	29	1	714	— / 0
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean	0	29	1	161	— / 0
Other · Philippine Sea	0	29	1	35	— / 0
Other · Red Sealong running	0	29	1	1,544	— / 0
Structures · South China Sea	0	29	1	230	— / 0
Wrecks · South Pacific Ocean	0	29	1	108	— / 0
Nav aids · Southern Ocean	0	29	1	34	— / 0
Nav aids · Tasman Sea	0	29	1	196	0.0× / 0.33
Nav aids · Timor Sea	0	29	1	35	— / 0
Incidents · Bay of Bengal	0	24.7	0	—	— / 0
Incidents · Eastern China Sea	0	24.7	0	—	— / 0
Nav aids · Sea of Okhotsk	0	24.7	0	—	— / 0
Piracy · Bay of Bengal	0	17.4	0	—	— / 0
Spills · North Pacific Ocean	0	13	0	—	0.0× / 1.33
Surveys · Persian Gulf	0	11.7	0	—	— / 0
Ordnance · Gulf of Mexico	0	11	0	—	— / 0
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexico	0	6.8	0	—	— / 0
Surveys · Aegean Sea	0	6.5	0	—	— / 0
Containers · Tyrrhenian Sea	0	6.3	0	—	— / 0
Incidents · Japan Sea	0	6.2	0	—	— / 0
Other · Singapore Strait	0	3	0	—	— / 0
Ordnance · Japan Sea	0	0.3	0	—	— / 0
Surveys · Tyrrhenian Sea	0	0.2	0	—	0.0× / 0.33

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2000-02, 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.