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Mine clearing operations 04 thru 10 may in bay of vlore (40-27-06N 019-28-40E)

Adriatic Sea · HYDROLANT 1394/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-05-11 00:01Z

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 378/18 031202Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-03 12:44Z. 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: Adriatic Sea. The parsed report position is 40.452, 19.478. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Adriatic Sea →

issued: 2018-05-03 12:44Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA III 378/18 031202Z MAY 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Adriatic Sea
position: 40.452, 19.478
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ADRIATIC SEA.
ALBANIA.
DNC 09.
1. MINE CLEARING OPERATIONS 04 THRU 10 MAY IN
   BAY OF VLORE (40-27-06N 019-28-40E).
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 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.
Mines and mine danger areas: Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

31 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.

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Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 39-36N 019-03E2013-07-28
Vessel requesting assistance vicinity 40-00N 019-00E2013-05-11
Six men overboard in 39-44N 018-16E2012-06-21

Month of issue in the collected archive

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 11:30Z; source collection times vary.

Other

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