Navigation is prohibited from 5 to 10 October within one mile of 44-53.30N 029-42.70E in Romania's Black Sea waters.
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1936/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-28 11:17Z. First collected 2026-09-30 16:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 01:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Black Sea. The parsed report position is 44.888, 29.712 with a 1.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-28 11:17Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-11 00:01Z
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.888, 29.712 · r 1.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-30 16:02Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA. ROMANIA. 1. NAVIGATION PROHIBITED 05 THRU 10 OCT IN AREA WITHIN ONE MILE OF 44-53.30N 029-42.70E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z OCT 26.
Reading this warning
- Navigation prohibited
- Ships may not enter or pass through the area, or a port is closed to traffic.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · restricted areas & port closures
29 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 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.
- Navigation prohibited 060400Z to 100400Z jul in area bound by 44-12.00N 028-39.49E, 44-12.00N 028-40.40E,…2023-07-04
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area bound by 44-11.974N 028-43.991E, 44-11.972N 028-45.744E,…2021-02-16
- Navigation prohibited until 292100Z oct in area bound by 42-39N 031-14E, 44-08N 032-38E, 43-54N 033-24E,…2019-10-28
- Navigation prohibited 04 thru 07 jul in area bound by 44-12.0N 028-39.5E, 44-12.0N 028-42.3E, 44-11.8N…2019-07-02
- Navigation prohibited 130900Z mar until further notice in area bound by 44-23.2N 033-46.6E, 44-23.2N…2018-03-12
- Mine in 44-07.05N 028-59.93E2018-02-26
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
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 23.6 nm
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 43.2 nm
- War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 51.7 nm
- 1- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 62.9 nm
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 63.1 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 63.1 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 63.3 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 65.2 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 · 70 nm
- Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 70.2 nm
- Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 98.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 restricted areas & port closures listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 01:47Z; source collection times vary.
Restricted
Navigation prohibited, exclusion and security zones, ports closed to traffic. All current restricted areas & port closures →
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.