Sea Ledger, February 2003

2003-02-01 to 2003-02-28 · archive

issued: 332
warning-days in force: 5,093
in force at month end: 166
sea × type cells: 184

baseline: same month, previous 5 years (2002-02, 2001-02, 2000-02, 1999-02, 1998-02)

By type

type	issued	warning-days	in force at end
Exercises	68	588.2	14
Incidents	55	1,038.6	38
Cable ops	46	398.5	12
Nav aids	40	1,228	37
Derelicts	28	157.9	5
Quakes	24	72	0
Other	16	417.1	16
Surveys	11	231.6	11
Icebergs	10	49.7	5
Containers	9	65.8	0
Spills	8	105	4
Ordnance	7	116.3	4
Missiles	5	56.9	2
Debris	3	15.6	0
Wrecks	1	467	16
Piracy	1	0	0
War risk	0	56	2
Structures	0	26.6	0
Mines	0	1.7	0

By sea and type · 184 cells, most issued first

cell	issued	warning-days	at end	longest d	vs 5 y
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean	20	69.6	4	28	0.5× / 38.4
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean	11	245.2	10	73	1.7× / 6.6
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean	11	75.1	2	34	1.7× / 6.6
Exercises · Arabian Seasurge	11	62.4	0	—	5.5× / 2
Derelicts · North Atlantic Oceansurge	10	81.7	3	148	5.0× / 2
Exercises · Laccadive Seasurge	10	80.1	2	31	8.3× / 1.2
Exercises · Bay of Bengalsurge	10	44.3	0	—	10× / 1
Exercises · Black Seasurge	9	42.1	3	25	45× / 0.2
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean	9	27	0	—	1.5× / 6
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean	8	51.7	1	160	1.1× / 7
Incidents · North Atlantic Oceansurge	7	52.9	2	41	2.1× / 3.4
Nav aids · North Sealong running	6	119.8	2	584	0.8× / 8
Nav aids · South Atlantic Ocean	6	90.7	3	238	1.1× / 5.2
Spills · North Atlantic Oceansurge	6	75	2	36	2.7× / 2.2
Icebergs · Southern Oceansurge	6	31.1	3	31	7.5× / 0.8
Derelicts · South Atlantic Oceansurge	6	15.6	1	25	4.3× / 1.4
Incidents · Philippine Seasurge	5	219.5	7	56	2.8× / 1.8
Nav aids · Tyrrhenian Seasurge	5	101.6	5	296	4.2× / 1.2
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean	5	56	2	32	1.3× / 4
Nav aids · North Atlantic Oceansurge	5	39.3	2	70	3.1× / 1.6
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinsurge	5	38.1	2	27	3.6× / 1.4
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinnew	5	18.4	2	60	new / 0
Incidents · Indian Oceansurge	5	16.9	0	—	2.8× / 1.8
Incidents · South China Sea	4	145.9	5	74	1.5× / 2.6
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean	4	111.5	3	74	0.9× / 4.4
Nav aids · Indian Oceansurge	4	59.7	1	42	6.7× / 0.6
Cable ops · Gulf of Sueznew	4	54	3	44	new / 0
Icebergs · South Atlantic Ocean	4	18.6	2	23	1.8× / 2.2
Incidents · South Atlantic Ocean	3	57	2	62	0.9× / 3.2
Derelicts · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinsurge	3	18.2	0	—	5.0× / 0.6
Containers · North Atlantic Oceansurge	3	18.2	0	—	2.5× / 1.2
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	3	14.6	0	—	0.5× / 5.6
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinsurge	3	13.5	1	24	5.0× / 0.6
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean	3	9	0	—	0.7× / 4.2
Surveys · Greenland Seanew	3	8.3	3	2	new / 0
Incidents · Coral Sea	3	1.3	0	—	1.5× / 2
Other · Japan Sea	2	58	2	30	2.0× / 1
Spills · Gulf of Mexico	2	30	2	30	0.7× / 3
Surveys · South Atlantic Ocean	2	26.2	1	32	3.3× / 0.6
Cable ops · North Sea	2	25.3	0	—	0.6× / 3.2
Ordnance · Philippine Sea	2	15.5	0	—	10× / 0.2
Incidents · Arabian Sea	2	14.3	1	26	2.5× / 0.8
Nav aids · South China Sea	2	13.3	0	—	5.0× / 0.4
Containers · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basinnew	2	13.1	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · Ionian Sea	2	8.7	1	7	10× / 0.2
Derelicts · North Pacific Ocean	2	7.4	0	—	5.0× / 0.4
Cable ops · Celtic Sea	2	7.2	0	—	0.9× / 2.2
Other · North Pacific Ocean	2	7.1	1	11	1.4× / 1.4
Nav aids · Celtic Sea	2	6.4	0	—	0.7× / 2.8
Quakes · Indian Ocean	2	6	0	—	1.0× / 2
Cable ops · Persian Gulf	2	6	0	—	5.0× / 0.4
Quakes · Philippine Sea	2	6	0	—	0.7× / 3
Quakes · Solomon Sea	2	6	0	—	0.6× / 3.2
Ordnance · Greenland Seanew	2	5.1	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Andaman or Burma Seanew	2	5	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Bass Straitnew	2	0.3	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Aegean Sea	1	88.6	2	59	0.2× / 4.2
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean	1	87.6	3	148	0.4× / 2.4
Incidents · Adriatic Sea	1	66.2	2	71	new / 0
Cable ops · Arabian Sea	1	49.1	2	44	0.8× / 1.2
Wrecks · North Atlantic Ocean	1	47.8	2	85	new / 0
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	46.4	2	56	1.0× / 1
Nav aids · English Channel	1	35	1	53	0.2× / 4.6
Exercises · Malacca Strait	1	32.1	1	30	2.5× / 0.4
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	31.3	0	—	0.4× / 2.4
Other · Yellow Sea	1	29.9	1	30	1.7× / 0.6
Surveys · North Sea	1	29.8	1	63	0.4× / 2.6
Exercises · Tyrrhenian Sea	1	29.6	0	—	0.5× / 2.2
Nav aids · Alboran Sea	1	28.3	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · Bay of Bengal	1	28	1	119	1.7× / 0.6
Nav aids · Malacca Strait	1	25.3	1	25	new / 0
Other · Persian Gulf	1	24.2	1	24	2.5× / 0.4
Other · Sea of Marmara	1	22.6	1	22	5.0× / 0.2
Containers · Celtic Sea	1	21.2	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Nav aids · Tasman Sea	1	17.1	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Incidents · Gulf of Aden	1	17	1	17	new / 0
Nav aids · Great Australian Bight	1	14	1	72	1.0× / 1
Exercises · Japan Sea	1	12.8	0	—	new / 0
Surveys · Celtic Sea	1	12.3	0	—	0.2× / 4.2
Incidents · Gulf of Guinea	1	10.1	1	10	new / 0
Cable ops · Red Sea	1	9.7	0	—	new / 0
Other · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	1	9.5	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · Timor Sea	1	8	0	—	new / 0
Other · North Sea	1	7.6	1	7	1.7× / 0.6
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean	1	7.2	1	7	0.6× / 1.8
Cable ops · Ionian Sea	1	6.4	0	—	new / 0
Containers · Tyrrhenian Sea	1	6.4	0	—	new / 0
Debris · South Pacific Ocean	1	6.1	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Adriatic Sea	1	5.9	0	—	0.2× / 5.4
Incidents · Red Sea	1	5.5	1	5	new / 0
Other · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	5	0	—	new / 0
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean	1	4.9	0	—	1.3× / 0.8
Debris · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	4.6	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Cable ops · Tasman Sea	1	4.5	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Containers · Ligurian Sea	1	4	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Derelicts · Indian Ocean	1	3.7	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean	1	3.7	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	3.6	0	—	0.5× / 2.2
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean	1	3.6	0	—	0.1× / 7.2
Exercises · Alboran Sea	1	3.4	1	3	5.0× / 0.2
Ordnance · North Sea	1	3.2	1	3	new / 0
Quakes · Arafura Sea	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Quakes · Bismarck Sea	1	3	0	—	0.7× / 1.4
Quakes · Japan Sea	1	3	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Quakes · Molukka Sea	1	3	0	—	0.8× / 1.2
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean	1	3	0	—	1.0× / 1
Quakes · South Atlantic Ocean	1	3	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Containers · Southern Ocean	1	2.9	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · Coral Sea	1	2.7	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Exercises · Philippine Sea	1	2.1	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Ordnance · Bay of Bengal	1	2	0	—	new / 0
Other · English Channel	1	1.9	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Timor Sea	1	1.3	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	1	0.8	0	—	0.3× / 3.2
Surveys · Philippine Sea	1	0.8	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · Arafura Sea	1	0.7	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Arabian Sea	1	0.6	1	0	new / 0
Derelicts · Great Australian Bight	1	0.6	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	0.5	1	0	new / 0
Ordnance · Norwegian Sea	1	0.3	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Eastern China Sea	1	0.1	0	—	new / 0
Derelicts · English Channel	1	0	0	—	new / 0
Piracy · Indian Ocean	1	0	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Persian Gulflong running	0	96.4	3	451	0.0× / 0.6
Wrecks · North Sealong running	0	84	3	617	— / 0
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	0	73.5	2	127	0.0× / 0.6
Wrecks · Baltic Sealong running	0	56	2	791	— / 0
Nav aids · Bay of Bengal	0	56	2	35	0.0× / 0.4
Nav aids · Coral Sealong running	0	56	2	1,044	0.0× / 3.4
War risk · Persian Gulflong running	0	56	2	392	0.0× / 1.6
Nav aids · Red Sea	0	56	2	80	— / 0
Wrecks · South China Sealong running	0	56	2	519	0.0× / 0.6
Incidents · Ionian Sea	0	53.5	1	48	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channellong running	0	42.6	1	1,031	0.0× / 2.4
Ordnance · Indian Oceanlong running	0	33	1	393	— / 0
Nav aids · Arabian Sea	0	28	1	57	— / 0
Wrecks · Arabian Sea	0	28	1	79	— / 0
Other · Bass Strait	0	28	1	329	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Eastern China Sealong running	0	28	1	858	— / 0
Wrecks · English Channellong running	0	28	1	498	0.0× / 0.2
Other · Greenland Sealong running	0	28	1	919	— / 0
Surveys · Gulf of Oman	0	28	1	225	— / 0
Nav aids · Ionian Sea	0	28	1	48	0.0× / 0.4
Wrecks · Japan Sea	0	28	1	30	— / 0
Wrecks · Kattegatlong running	0	28	1	739	0.0× / 0.4
Other · Laccadive Sea	0	28	1	95	— / 0
Ordnance · Ligurian Sealong running	0	28	1	376	0.0× / 0.2
Wrecks · Makassar Strait	0	28	1	262	— / 0
Other · Malacca Strait	0	28	1	155	— / 0
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	0	28	1	311	— / 0
Ordnance · North Pacific Oceanlong running	0	28	1	505	0.0× / 0.4
Exercises · Persian Gulf	0	28	1	35	— / 0
Nav aids · Savu Sea	0	28	1	360	— / 0
Other · Sea of Okhotsk	0	28	1	44	— / 0
Wrecks · Skagerraklong running	0	28	1	842	— / 0
Nav aids · Solomon Sealong running	0	28	1	369	0.0× / 0.4
Cable ops · South China Sea	0	28	1	29	0.0× / 1.2
Nav aids · Southern Ocean	0	28	1	41	— / 0
Other · Southern Ocean	0	28	1	39	— / 0
Other · Tyrrhenian Sea	0	28	1	49	0.0× / 1.2
Wrecks · Tyrrhenian Sealong running	0	28	1	478	0.0× / 0.4
Structures · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	0	26.6	0	—	— / 0
Cable ops · Singapore Strait	0	26.6	0	—	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · North Pacific Ocean	0	25.5	0	—	0.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Gulf of Mexico	0	24	0	—	— / 0
Wrecks · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	0	23.7	0	—	— / 0
Surveys · Sea of Marmara	0	20	0	—	— / 0
Cable ops · South Pacific Ocean	0	20	0	—	0.0× / 2
Other · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	0	13.9	0	—	0.0× / 0.2
Derelicts · Bay of Bengal	0	13.6	0	—	— / 0
Other · Adriatic Sea	0	10	0	—	— / 0
Other · North Atlantic Ocean	0	6	0	—	0.0× / 0.4
Incidents · Persian Gulf	0	5.4	0	—	— / 0
Derelicts · Tasman Sea	0	5	0	—	0.0× / 0.4
Other · Gulf of Guinea	0	3.5	0	—	— / 0
Wrecks · South Pacific Ocean	0	3.5	0	—	0.0× / 0.2
Other · Tasman Sea	0	3.5	0	—	0.0× / 0.2
Incidents · Arafura Sea	0	2	0	—	0.0× / 0.4
Mines · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	0	1.7	0	—	— / 0
Ordnance · Arabian Sea	0	1.2	0	—	— / 0
Missiles · South Pacific Ocean	0	0.9	0	—	— / 0
Debris · Gulf of Mexico	0	0	0	—	— / 0
Spills · North Pacific Ocean	0	0	0	—	0.0× / 1
Exercises · Sulu Sea	0	0	0	—	— / 0

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2003-02, 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.