Exercises

Gunnery exercises 0500Z to 1700Z daily until 31 jul except sundays in area bound by 44-52.8N 032-54.9E,…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2112/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-07-31 18:00Z

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 530/18 291155Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-29 12:27Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

issued
2018-06-29 12:27Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-07-31 18:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 530/18 291155Z JUN 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
44.857, 33.066
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. GUNNERY EXERCISES 0500Z TO 1700Z DAILY
   UNTIL 31 JUL EXCEPT SUNDAYS IN AREA BOUND BY
   44-52.8N 032-54.9E, 44-58.0N 033-03.0E,
   44-51.6N 033-10.9E, 44-47.5N 033-11.0E,
   44-45.0N 033-05.5E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1710/18.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2073/18(35,36).
4. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2075/18(24).
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 311800Z JUL 18.

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.
Gunnery and live firing
Naval or coastal guns firing into a sea area for practice, at stated times.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · military exercises

1425 within 180 nm since 1999 · 5 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

28 military exercises listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:28Z; source collection times vary.

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.