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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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

40 within 180 nm since 2003 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 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

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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