Exercises

Romania warns of hazardous operations in the Black Sea from 0600 to 1200 UTC daily on 22 through 25 and 28 September in a defined area.

Black Sea · Romania · HYDROLANT 1846/26

issued
2026-09-17 08:53Z
status
cancelled 2026-09-17 14:30Z (dropped from inforce)
self-cancels
2026-09-28 13:00Z
sea
Black Sea
position
44.368, 28.882
source
nga_inforce · first seen 2026-09-18 06:18Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
ROMANIA.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 0600Z TO 1200Z
   DAILY 22 THRU 25 AND 28 SEP
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-25.43N 028-42.50E, 44-29.50N 028-55.58E,
   44-25.08N 029-01.20E, 44-19.70N 029-00.82E,
   44-14.57N 028-57.93E, 44-13.10N 028-56.33E,
   44-22.08N 028-42.42E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281300Z SEP 26.

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2026-09-22 06:00Z2026-09-22 12:00Z6 h
2026-09-23 06:00Z2026-09-23 12:00Z6 h
2026-09-24 06:00Z2026-09-24 12:00Z6 h
2026-09-25 06:00Z2026-09-25 12:00Z6 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

This area · military exercises

971 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now

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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.