Wide berth requested
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3324/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-03-01 10:35Z
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 V S 1604/13 232115Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-23 21:19Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -32.242, -51.892. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-12-23 21:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V S 1604/13 232115Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V S
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -32.242, -51.892
- vessel
- M/V THORCO AFRICA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRAZIL-SOUTH COAST. CHART 24100 M/V THORCO AFRICA ANCHORED IN 32-14.5S 051-53.5W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
10 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.
- 14 meter F/V manuela simao, white and blue hull, unreported in 33-11.40S 050-33.70W2023-11-28
- 14 meter F/V manuela simao, white and blue hull, unreported2023-11-12
- F/V primavera XVII in need of assistance due to a crack in hull in 33-58S 052-38W at 082135Z jan2012-01-09
- Nga chart 24091 (7TH ed)2010-07-07
- Naval control exercise 16 to 20 nov for brazilian and foreign merchant vessels that are in the following…2007-11-13
- Naval control exercise 091900Z to 130300Z nov in area bound by: 31-33.00S 051-14.50W, 32-17.50S 050-07.00W,…2006-11-08
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:09Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.