Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1700Z daily 03 thru 31 may except sundays in area bound by 44-52.8N 032-54.9E,…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1386/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-05-31 18:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA III 374/18 021204Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-02 12:52Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Black Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Activity windows · 29 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-03 05:00Z | 2018-05-03 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-04 05:00Z | 2018-05-04 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-05 05:00Z | 2018-05-05 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-06 05:00Z | 2018-05-06 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-07 05:00Z | 2018-05-07 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-08 05:00Z | 2018-05-08 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-09 05:00Z | 2018-05-09 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2018-05-10 05:00Z | 2018-05-10 17:00Z | — | 12 h |
| … 21 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2018-05-02 12:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-05-31 18:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 374/18 021204Z MAY 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.857, 33.066
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. UKRAINE. DNC 10. 1. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY 03 THRU 31 MAY EXCEPT SUNDAYS IN AREA BOUND BY 44-52.8N 032-54.9E, 44-58.0N 033-03.0E, 44-51.6N 033-10.9E, 44-47.5N 033-11.0E, 44-45.0N 033-05.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z MAY 18.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Gunnery and live firing
- Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · military exercises
1425 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Hazardous operations 0600Z to 1200Z daily 06 thru 08 oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N…2026-10-01
- Hazardous operations 010700Z to 011500Z oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N 029-08.00E,…2026-09-29
- Hazardous operations 0500Z to 1300Z daily 29 and 30 sep in area bound by 44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-29.50N…2026-09-28
- Hazardous operations 0700Z to 1500Z daily 30 sep and 01 oct in area bound by 44-05.00N 029-08.00E, 44-15.00N…2026-09-22
- Hazardous operations 0430Z to 1630Z daily 06 thru 09 oct in area bound by 44-56.00N 029-36.00E, 44-58.00N…2026-09-22
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 11 and 12 apr in area bound by 44-01.00N 029-54.00E, 44-01.00N…2024-04-05
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 72 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 72 nm
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 84.9 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 96.2 nm
- Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 116.4 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 116.8 nm
- Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 118.8 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 119.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
28 military exercises listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:53Z; source collection times vary.
Exercises
Gunnery, firing and naval exercise areas. All current military exercises →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.