Mine adrift in 44-13.9N 033-23.3E at 201150Z sep
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1540/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-09-28 00:00Z
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 522/04 210753Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-21 08:19Z. 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 parsed report position is 44.232, 33.388. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2004-09-21 08:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 522/04 210753Z SEP 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.232, 33.388
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. MINE ADRIFT IN 44-13.9N 033-23.3E AT 201150Z SEP. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 SEP.
Reading this warning
- Mines and mine danger areas
- Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · mine warnings
13 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 5 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.
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…2024-09-30
- Mine adrift in vicinity 44-51.09N 029-59.29E at 161236Z mar2024-03-16
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…2023-10-27
- Mine reported adrift in 45-04.00N 029-57.00E at 231511Z oct2023-10-23
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70E2023-09-07
- Mine adrift in vicinity 45-08.93N 029-56.48E at 151400Z may2023-05-15
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
- 1- drilling operations by abdulhamid han rig (imo 9705093Surveys · 103.5 nm
- Due to mine danger navigation prohibited untill further notice in area bounded by: a 46-04.0N 033-12.8E…Mines · 112 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-04.0N 033-12.8E, 46-03.1N…Mines · 112 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 · 118.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 mine warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:29Z; source collection times vary.
Mines
Drifting or reported sea mines. Mostly the Black Sea since 2022. All current mine warnings →
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.