Nga chart 56104 (3RD ed)
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1602/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-11-14 14:51Z
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) · EGYPTIAN NAVIGATIONAL WARNING 203/08 15 SEP 08.. Issued 2008-09-29 16:05Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 31.273, 32.293. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1602/08, 1951/08, 1960/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2008-09-29 16:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- EGYPTIAN NAVIGATIONAL WARNING 203/08 15 SEP 08.
- issued by
- EGYPTIAN NAVIGATIONAL WARNING
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 31.273, 32.293
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NGA CHART 56104 (3RD ED). RACON AT PORT SAID LIGHT 31-16.4N 032-17.6E INOPERATIVE.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- RACON (radar beacon)
- A radar beacon on a buoy, lighthouse or structure that answers a ship's radar with a Morse-code mark on the screen.
- 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.
- Inoperative / unreliable / off air
- An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
26 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 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.
- NAVTEX station alexandria (n) 31-11.92N 029-51.86E off air2026-07-30
- Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missing2024-11-07
- Nga chart 62193 (17TH ed)2009-11-02
- Nga chart 62195 (7TH ed)2009-06-13
- Nga chart 62193 (17TH ed), nga chart 62194 (8TH ed), nga chart 62195 (7TH ed)2009-01-02
- Nga chart 62191 (15TH ed)2008-12-23
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:12Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
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.