The maritime humanitarian corridor is open for outbound and inbound vessels until further notice
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1964/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-08-09 18:35Z
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 194/22 070023Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-07 13:15Z. 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 44.274, 30.125. 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
- The maritime humanitarian corridor is open for outbound and inbound vessels until further noticelater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-08-07 13:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 194/22 070023Z AUG 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 44.274, 30.125
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BLACK SEA.
UKRAINE.
DNC 10.
1. THE MARITIME HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR IS OPEN
FOR OUTBOUND AND INBOUND VESSELS UNTIL
FURTHER NOTICE. THE CORRIDOR CONNECTS THE
ODESSA PORTS OF UKRAINE WITH AN INSPECTION
AREA NORTH WEST OF THE ISTANBUL STRAIT. PILOTS
WILL EMBARK FOR PASSAGE BETWEEN BERTH AND
HOLDING AREA.
A. CHORNOMORSK TO HOLDING AREA CHANNEL
WITHIN 200 METERS OF TRACKLINE JOINING
46-24.00N 030-54.00E, 46-20.50N 030-43.20E,
46-20.00N 030-42.70E, 46-18.84N 030-41.81E,
46-19.12N 030-40.60E.
B. ODESSA TO HOLDING AREA CHANNEL WITHIN
200 METERS OF TRACKLINE JOINING
46-30.00N 030-54.00E, 46-30.00N 030-46.40E,
46-29.90N 030-46.04E, 46-29.99N 030-44.54E.
C. PIVDENNYI TO HOLDING AREA CHANNEL
WITHIN 200 METERS OF TRACKLINE JOINING
46-30.00N 030-54.00E, 46-30.00N 030-46.40E,
46-29.90N 030-46.04E, 46-29.99N 030-44.54E.
D. HOLDING AREA IN AREA BOUND BY
46-30.50N 030-54.00E, 46-30.50N 030-58.20E,
46-24.00N 030-58.20E, 46-24.00N 030-54.00E.
E. VESSELS MUST TRANSIT BETWEEN HOLDING
AREA AND MARITIME HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDOR IN AREA BOUND BY
46-24.00N 030-54.00E, 46-19.00N 031-05.00E,
46-12.00N 031-07.50E, 46-12.00N 031-12.50E,
46-27.00N 031-10.50E, 46-28.20N 030-58.20E.
F. MARITIME HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR
CENTERLINE ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
44-33.15N 029-53.00E, 45-08.15N 030-30.00E,
46-12.00N 031-10.00E.
2. THE MARITIME HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR IS THREE
MILES WIDE. WHEN TRANSITING THE MARITIME
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR VESSELS, ARE CONSIDERED
RESTRICTED IN THEIR ABILITY TO MANEUVER.
VESSELS MUST TRANSIT 0200Z TO 1800Z DAILY.
3. A SOUTHERN WAITING AREA IS DESIGNATED AS A
TEMPORARY HOLDING AREA FOR VESSELS ENGAGED IN
THE INITIATIVE. INBOUND VESSELS MAY USE THE
SOUTHERN WAITING AREA TO AWAIT TRANSIT DURING
AUTHORIZED HOURS, INFORMING THE JCC THROUGH
ISTANBUL TRAFFIC.
A. SOUTHERN WAITING AREA IN AREA BOUND BY
44-15.00N 029-48.50E, 44-15.00N 029-36.00E,
44-28.90N 029-51.30E.
4. VESSELS ON PASSAGE BETWEEN THE MARITIME
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR AND THE INSPECTION AREA
SHALL PASS THROUGH POSITION IN
42-19.15N 029-27.00E.
OTHER THAN IN CASE OF EMERGENCY PORT CALLS ARE
NOT PERMITTED DURING THE TRANSIT.
A. INSPECTION AREA IN AREA BOUND BY
41-14.90N 028-59.58E, 41-17.26N 028-59.58E,
41-17.26N 029-02.20E, 41-15.50N 029-04.60E,
41-15.20N 029-04.60E.
5. NO VESSEL SHALL TRANSIT THE CORRIDOR WITHOUT
THE AUTHORIZATION OF THE JCC. VESSELS CROSSING
THE CORRIDOR ARE REQUESTED TO CROSS
EXPEDITIOUSLY, AND REMAIN WELL CLEAR OF
VESSELS NAVIGATING WITHIN THE MARITIME
HUMANITARIAN CORRIDOR. VESSELS PARTICIPATING
IN THE INITIATIVE MUST TRANSMIT ON AIS AT ALL
TIMES. SHIP TO SHIP TRANSFERS ARE NOT
AUTHORIZED.
6. WHILST TRANSITING THE MARITIME HUMANITARIAN
CORRIDOR, NO MILITARY VESSELS, AIRCRAFT OR
UAVS MAY CLOSE WITHIN A RADIUS OF TEN MILES
OF ANY VESSEL ENGAGED IN THE INITIATIVE AND
TRANSITING THE CORRIDOR. THIS RADIUS DOES NOT
EXTEND INTO THE TERRITORIAL WATERS OF ROMANIA
OR UKRAINE.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Restricted in ability to manoeuvre
- A vessel whose work — cable laying, diving, dredging, towing — stops it from keeping out of other ships' way.
- AIS (Automatic Identification System)
- The radio transponder system that broadcasts a ship's identity, position, course and speed — and can mark a hazard with a virtual beacon.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
40 within 180 nm since 2003 · 2 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.
- Maritime exercises 070500Z to 072059Z, 0500Z to 1500Z and 1600Z to 2059Z daily 08 and 09 sep in area bound…2026-09-01
- Naval operations 0500Z to 1200Z daily 13 thru 15 aug in area bound by 44-12.00N 028-40.00E, 44-12.00N…2026-08-04
- Naval operations 14 thru 17 may in area bound by 44-05.90N 028-56.10E, 44-05.90N 028-54.65E, 44-05.00N…2024-05-09
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…2024-04-02
- The black sea grain initiative jcc has established a route for vessels inbound and outbound of ukrainian ports2023-03-19
- The black sea grain initiative jcc has established a route for vessels inbound and outbound of ukrainian ports2022-11-19
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- neptun alpha production platform has been established at the central coordinate point: 44-02.85N 030-35.25EStructures · 24.1 nm
- Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 30.4 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 · 30.7 nm
- Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 38.1 nm
- Mines reported in area within five miles of 45-07.10N 030-09.70EMines · 50.7 nm
- Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 63 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 · 63.4 nm
- The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 91.1 nm
- Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 93 nm
- Drilling operations by yavuz rig (imo 9503768, mmsi 271046765) supported by osman bey, aybuke, florya,…Surveys · 97.4 nm
- Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 97.8 nm
- 1- drilling operations by abdulhamid han rig (imo 9705093Surveys · 97.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:28Z; source collection times vary.
Other
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