Sea Ledger, January 2014

2014-01-01 to 2014-01-31 · archive

issued: 541
warning-days in force: 9,019
in force at month end: 307
sea × type cells: 218

baseline: same month, previous 5 years (2013-01, 2012-01, 2011-01, 2010-01, 2009-01)

By type

type	issued	warning-days	in force at end
Incidents	150	1,370.8	48
Cable ops	86	1,287.2	46
Exercises	83	761.4	27
Nav aids	56	2,350.9	81
Icebergs	35	44.7	4
Derelicts	27	132.8	3
Debris	22	34.9	1
Quakes	22	70	1
Surveys	20	975.7	35
Missiles	10	100.2	2
Other	6	476.3	14
Spills	5	103	3
Containers	5	12.5	0
Wrecks	4	662.7	21
Restricted	3	189.8	7
Piracy	3	12.1	1
Ordnance	2	162.4	5
Mines	1	37.1	1
Volcanic	1	62	2
War risk	0	62	2
Structures	0	110.5	3

By sea and type · 200 cells, most issued first

cell	issued	warning-days	at end	longest d	vs 5 y
Cable ops · South Atlantic Ocean	53	229.3	10	64	1.7× / 30.4
Icebergs · Labrador Seanew	32	33.2	2	31	new / 0
Incidents · North Pacific Ocean	27	113.3	1	37	1.4× / 18.6
Incidents · North Atlantic Ocean	25	286.8	12	59	1.8× / 14
Nav aids · North Sealong running	19	313.5	13	426	1.2× / 15.4
Incidents · South China Sea	18	220.7	7	50	2.0× / 9.2
Exercises · Yellow Seasurge	16	124.9	3	38	2.9× / 5.6
Debris · Celtic Seanew	14	16.4	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · South Atlantic Oceansurge	12	40.1	2	66	2.1× / 5.8
Exercises · Black Seasurge	11	128.7	6	24	28× / 0.4
Exercises · North Pacific Ocean	11	67.6	2	35	1.2× / 9
Exercises · South Atlantic Ocean	10	49	2	34	1.5× / 6.6
Incidents · Mozambique Channelsurge	9	70.7	5	29	45× / 0.2
Nav aids · South Atlantic Oceanlong running	8	436.5	15	1,045	0.9× / 9
Nav aids · Indian Oceansurge	8	100.4	3	225	3.1× / 2.6
Quakes · South Pacific Ocean	8	24	0	—	0.7× / 11
Incidents · Bay of Bengalsurge	7	70	0	—	5.0× / 1.4
Exercises · Arabian Sea	7	56.4	1	31	1.2× / 6
Derelicts · North Atlantic Oceansurge	7	15.5	1	33	3.9× / 1.8
Incidents · Coral Seasurge	7	1.8	0	—	2.3× / 3
Cable ops · Gulf of Mexicosurge	6	145.1	6	78	7.5× / 0.8
Nav aids · English Channelsurgelong running	6	105.5	3	666	2.3× / 2.6
Missiles · North Atlantic Oceansurge	6	23.3	0	—	15× / 0.4
Quakes · North Pacific Ocean	6	18	0	—	1.4× / 4.4
Surveys · Southern Oceannew	6	4.6	1	4	new / 0
Incidents · Laccadive Seasurge	5	145.9	3	36	5.0× / 1
Exercises · Aegean Sealong running	5	90.4	4	394	1.8× / 2.8
Cable ops · North Seasurge	5	90.3	4	68	6.3× / 0.8
Exercises · Bay of Bengal	5	60.4	2	35	0.6× / 8
Incidents · Gulf of Mexicosurge	5	47.2	4	25	2.3× / 2.2
Derelicts · South Pacific Oceansurgelong running	5	43.7	1	583	3.1× / 1.6
Containers · North Atlantic Oceansurge	5	12.5	0	—	5.0× / 1
Surveys · South Atlantic Oceanlong running	4	186	6	373	1.3× / 3
Incidents · Indian Ocean	4	24.4	1	36	0.6× / 7
Debris · Indian Oceannew	4	8	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · Bristol Channelnew	4	6.1	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Bismarck Seasurge	4	5.2	0	—	2.2× / 1.8
Nav aids · North Atlantic Ocean	3	194.4	7	303	0.7× / 4.2
Restricted · Black Seanew	3	83.3	4	240	new / 0
Incidents · South Pacific Ocean	3	46.3	1	41	0.4× / 7.2
Incidents · Java Seasurge	3	13.8	2	8	15× / 0.2
Derelicts · North Pacific Oceansurge	3	12.5	0	—	3.0× / 1
Exercises · South Pacific Ocean	3	9.8	0	—	1.4× / 2.2
Derelicts · Indian Ocean	3	6	0	—	0.8× / 3.8
Nav aids · Gulf of Mexicolong running	2	171.9	6	815	0.7× / 2.8
Cable ops · Gulf of Guinea	2	112	2	67	1.7× / 1.2
Exercises · Ionian Sea	2	59.8	2	29	10× / 0.2
Other · North Atlantic Ocean	2	52.4	1	81	2.5× / 0.8
Cable ops · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	2	49.8	1	37	0.9× / 2.2
Surveys · Coral Seanew	2	48.1	3	100	new / 0
Incidents · Caribbean Sea	2	46.9	2	50	0.7× / 3
Cable ops · Andaman or Burma Sea	2	44.6	3	40	10× / 0.2
Spills · Gulf of Mexico	2	30	1	40	0.4× / 4.6
Spills · North Atlantic Ocean	2	30	0	—	1.0× / 2
Other · Black Seanew	2	25.5	0	—	new / 0
Cable ops · Tasman Sea	2	17.6	1	24	1.3× / 1.6
Incidents · Arabian Sea	2	17.3	1	29	1.4× / 1.4
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	2	7.3	0	—	2.0× / 1
Debris · North Atlantic Ocean	2	7.2	0	—	1.7× / 1.2
Exercises · Andaman or Burma Sea	2	7.1	0	—	5.0× / 0.4
Quakes · Coral Sea	2	6	0	—	0.5× / 4.2
Quakes · Ionian Sea	2	6	0	—	10× / 0.2
Derelicts · South Atlantic Ocean	2	6	0	—	1.3× / 1.6
Icebergs · South Pacific Ocean	2	5.6	1	3	10× / 0.2
Derelicts · Bay of Bengal	2	4.1	0	—	10× / 0.2
Derelicts · Gulf of Mexico	2	4.1	0	—	3.3× / 0.6
Exercises · Baltic Sea	2	2.5	0	—	2.5× / 0.8
Wrecks · Persian Gulflong running	1	124	4	417	5.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	1	96.4	3	211	0.3× / 3.6
Cable ops · Indian Ocean	1	76.4	3	57	1.3× / 0.8
Surveys · Arabian Sealong running	1	72.5	3	393	1.7× / 0.6
Nav aids · Sea of Okhotsklong running	1	70	2	773	5.0× / 0.2
Ordnance · North Sealong running	1	62	2	800	1.7× / 0.6
Cable ops · Persian Gulf	1	62	2	142	0.3× / 3.4
Volcanic · Philippine Sealong running	1	62	2	642	new / 0
Exercises · South China Sea	1	59.3	1	35	0.8× / 1.2
Wrecks · South Atlantic Ocean	1	47.5	2	110	5.0× / 0.2
Cable ops · Arabian Sea	1	39.5	1	31	0.4× / 2.4
Nav aids · Singapore Strait	1	38.7	2	186	new / 0
Surveys · Black Sea	1	38.4	2	56	5.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · South Pacific Ocean	1	35.5	1	95	1.3× / 0.8
Exercises · Laccadive Sea	1	33	1	32	0.3× / 3.2
Nav aids · Celtic Sealong running	1	31.7	1	463	0.3× / 3
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	31.3	2	71	new / 0
Nav aids · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	1	31	1	66	0.4× / 2.4
Missiles · North Pacific Ocean	1	31	1	61	0.2× / 4.4
Incidents · Eastern China Sea	1	30.6	1	30	new / 0
Missiles · Aegean Sealong running	1	29.9	1	394	5.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Gulf of Suez	1	29.5	1	29	5.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	29.2	0	—	0.3× / 3.4
Cable ops · Black Sea	1	25	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Incidents · Sea of Okhotsk	1	24.6	1	24	5.0× / 0.2
Surveys · North Atlantic Ocean	1	22.6	1	22	1.7× / 0.6
Incidents · Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin	1	17.6	1	40	2.5× / 0.4
Incidents · Ligurian Sea	1	15.4	1	15	new / 0
Surveys · Indian Ocean	1	14.5	1	45	1.3× / 0.8
Cable ops · Philippine Sea	1	13.8	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Other · Bay of Bengal	1	12.2	0	—	new / 0
Spills · North Pacific Ocean	1	12	1	44	new / 0
Cable ops · Bay of Bengal	1	11.6	1	11	0.4× / 2.8
Surveys · Celtic Sea	1	10.9	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Philippine Sea	1	10.9	0	—	0.3× / 3.6
Piracy · South Atlantic Ocean	1	10.5	1	10	new / 0
Incidents · Singapore Strait	1	9.5	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Other · English Channel	1	9.2	1	9	2.5× / 0.4
Cable ops · Makassar Strait	1	8.6	1	8	new / 0
Incidents · Solomon Sea	1	8.1	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Ordnance · Aegean Sea	1	7.4	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Adriatic Sea	1	6.2	0	—	1.7× / 0.6
Cable ops · Strait of Gibraltar	1	6.2	0	—	new / 0
Mines · Indian Ocean	1	6.1	0	—	new / 0
Incidents · Malacca Strait	1	5.9	1	5	5.0× / 0.2
Incidents · Andaman or Burma Sea	1	5.7	1	5	5.0× / 0.2
Missiles · Laccadive Sea	1	5.3	0	—	1.0× / 1
Exercises · Bering Sea	1	5	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Missiles · Indian Ocean	1	5	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Quakes · Solomon Sea	1	3.5	1	33	0.4× / 2.6
Nav aids · Coral Sea	1	3.2	0	—	0.5× / 2.2
Cable ops · Celtic Sea	1	3.1	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Derelicts · Coral Sea	1	3	0	—	0.6× / 1.6
Quakes · Flores Sea	1	3	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Quakes · Indian Ocean	1	3	0	—	0.3× / 3
Quakes · North Atlantic Ocean	1	3	0	—	1.3× / 0.8
Derelicts · Persian Gulf	1	3	0	—	new / 0
Debris · Philippine Sea	1	3	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Icebergs · Southern Ocean	1	2.6	1	2	1.7× / 0.6
Nav aids · Arafura Sea	1	2.4	0	—	new / 0
Exercises · Alboran Sea	1	2.3	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Exercises · North Atlantic Ocean	1	2.3	1	2	0.5× / 2.2
Wrecks · Caribbean Sea	1	2	1	2	5.0× / 0.2
Incidents · Ionian Sea	1	1.8	0	—	new / 0
Nav aids · Gulf of Alaska	1	1.6	0	—	0.4× / 2.6
Exercises · Coral Sea	1	1.4	1	1	1.7× / 0.6
Exercises · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	1	1	0	—	0.4× / 2.8
Piracy · Arabian Sea	1	0.9	0	—	0.1× / 10.4
Wrecks · Irish Sea and St. George's Channel	1	0.7	1	0	5.0× / 0.2
Piracy · Red Sea	1	0.7	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Cable ops · Balearic (Iberian Sea)	1	0.4	1	0	new / 0
Derelicts · Philippine Sea	1	0.4	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Sea of Marmara	1	0.4	1	0	new / 0
Incidents · Great Australian Bight	1	0.3	0	—	2.5× / 0.4
Exercises · Indian Ocean	1	0.3	0	—	0.7× / 1.4
Debris · South Pacific Ocean	1	0.3	1	0	new / 0
Exercises · Philippine Sea	1	0.2	1	0	0.7× / 1.4
Incidents · Tasman Sea	1	0.1	0	—	0.7× / 1.4
Incidents · Bass Strait	1	0	0	—	5.0× / 0.2
Incidents · Timor Sea	1	0	0	—	new / 0
Surveys · Arctic Oceanlong running	0	155	5	1,194	— / 0
Surveys · Beaufort Sealong running	0	124	4	1,269	— / 0
Other · South Atlantic Ocean	0	124	4	88	0.0× / 1.2
Cable ops · South China Sea	0	111.5	3	160	0.0× / 0.8
Cable ops · Mozambique Channel	0	110	3	93	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Arabian Sealong running	0	93	3	966	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · South China Sealong running	0	93	3	900	— / 0
Surveys · The Northwestern Passageslong running	0	93	3	543	— / 0
Wrecks · The Northwestern Passageslong running	0	86.3	1	1,244	— / 0
Nav aids · Caribbean Sealong running	0	65.5	2	434	0.0× / 0.4
Nav aids · Gulf of California	0	62.7	2	261	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · North Pacific Oceanlong running	0	62.7	2	421	0.0× / 3.8
Wrecks · Arabian Sea	0	62	2	288	— / 0
Ordnance · Black Sea	0	62	2	217	— / 0
Nav aids · Kara Sealong running	0	62	2	877	— / 0
War risk · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basinlong running	0	62	2	982	0.0× / 0.2
Other · North Pacific Oceanlong running	0	62	2	655	0.0× / 0.2
Other · North Sealong running	0	62	2	506	0.0× / 0.8
Restricted · North Sealong running	0	62	2	893	— / 0
Structures · North Sealong running	0	62	2	900	— / 0
Wrecks · North Sea	0	62	2	326	0.0× / 1
Nav aids · Southern Ocean	0	62	2	70	— / 0
Incidents · Japan Sea	0	34.9	0	—	0.0× / 0.8
Derelicts · South China Sea	0	34.5	1	60	0.0× / 1.6
Other · South China Sea	0	34.5	1	163	0.0× / 0.2
Other · Adriatic Sea	0	31	1	88	— / 0
Wrecks · Arctic Ocean	0	31	1	161	— / 0
Wrecks · Barentsz Sea	0	31	1	106	— / 0
Nav aids · Bass Strait	0	31	1	305	0.0× / 0.6
Surveys · Bay of Bengal	0	31	1	52	0.0× / 0.2
Wrecks · Bay of Bengal	0	31	1	185	— / 0
Surveys · Bering Sea	0	31	1	189	— / 0
Mines · Black Sea	0	31	1	217	— / 0
Cable ops · Caribbean Sea	0	31	1	52	0.0× / 0.2
Other · Caribbean Sea	0	31	1	42	0.0× / 0.2
Surveys · Chukchi Sealong running	0	31	1	424	— / 0
Wrecks · Coral Sea	0	31	1	65	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Eastern China Sealong running	0	31	1	717	— / 0
Wrecks · Eastern China Sea	0	31	1	91	— / 0
Surveys · Gulf of California	0	31	1	32	— / 0
Other · Gulf of Mexico	0	31	1	266	— / 0
Ordnance · Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland	0	31	1	238	— / 0
Cable ops · Java Sea	0	31	1	34	0.0× / 0.2
Cable ops · Kara Sea	0	31	1	69	— / 0
Nav aids · Laccadive Sea	0	31	1	280	0.0× / 0.2
Nav aids · Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin	0	31	1	56	0.0× / 1.2
Nav aids · Mozambique Channel	0	31	1	112	— / 0
Cable ops · North Atlantic Ocean	0	31	1	46	0.0× / 3.4
Structures · North Atlantic Ocean	0	31	1	164	— / 0
Wrecks · North Atlantic Oceanlong running	0	31	1	846	— / 0
Nav aids · Persian Gulf	0	31	1	205	— / 0
Wrecks · Philippine Sea	0	31	1	77	— / 0
Restricted · Sea of Okhotsklong running	0	31	1	841	— / 0

Cite: seahazards.com Sea Ledger, 2014-01, 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.