Naval operations 250600Z feb to 081800Z mar in area bound by 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E,…
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 356/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-08 19:00Z
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 19/24 200841Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-20 09:13Z. 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
- Ionian 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-25 06:00Z | 2024-03-08 18:00Z | — | 300 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-02-20 09:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-08 19:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 19/24 200841Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 37.116, 16.651
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. IONIAN SEA. SICILY. DNC 08, DNC 09. 1. NAVAL OPERATIONS 250600Z FEB TO 081800Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 016-00.00E, 39-47.00N 018-24.00E, 39-47.00N 019-00.00E, 39-00.00N 020-00.00E, 38-00.00N 020-00.00E, 37-00.00N 020-45.00E, 36-00.00N 022-30.00E, 35-00.00N 023-00.00E, 35-00.00N 015-00.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081900Z MAR 24.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
65 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Collision between 2 vessels in 36-27.00N 015-15.00E at 220930Z apr2024-04-22
- Vessel requesting assistance in 36-27.00N 016-05.00E at 270630Z jul2023-07-27
- 20 meter vessel requesting assistance in 38-42.00N 018-53.00E at 240637Z nov2022-11-24
- M/V bellatrix on fire2020-04-08
- Vessel in need of assistance in 37-22N 017-48E2016-03-29
- Vessel requesting assistance in 36-25N 019-13E at 182100Z dec2014-12-18
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 2026-10-01 22:24Z; 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.