Towing

950 foot M/V costa concordia will be towed isola del giglio (42-21.9N 010-55.4E) to genoa (44-24.4N 008-55.2E)

Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1784/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-07-30 14:25Z

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) · MRCC ROME 231035Z JUL 14.. Issued 2014-07-23 11:01Z. 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
Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 43.386, 9.922. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →

issued
2014-07-23 11:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 231035Z JUL 14.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Tyrrhenian Sea
position
43.386, 9.922
vessel
M/V COSTA CONCORDIA · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TYRRHENIAN SEA.
LIGURIAN SEA.
1. 950 FOOT M/V COSTA CONCORDIA WILL BE TOWED
   ISOLA DEL GIGLIO (42-21.9N 010-55.4E) TO
   GENOA (44-24.4N 008-55.2E).
   THREE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 117/12.

Reading this warning

Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.

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Collected reports in this area · tows

3 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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14

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

0 tows listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:18Z; source collection times vary.

Towing

Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →

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.