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Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japan
Western North Pacific · Japan-east Coast · U.S · HYDROPAC 1079/12
- issued
- 2012-04-16 00:06Z
- status
- cancelled 2015-10-11 08:55Z (archive)
- cancels
- HYDROPAC 1663/11
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 151513Z APR 12.
- position
- 37.425, 141.033
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. JAPAN-EAST COAST. U.S. COAST GUARD PRECAUTIONARY TRANSIT NOTIFICATION VICINITY OF FUKUSHIMA JAPAN. 1. IN RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION AT THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN, THE U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS, AS A PRECAUTION, THAT VESSELS AVOID TRANSITING WITHIN 10.8 MILES (20 KILOMETERS) OF THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (37-25-30.0N 141-02-00.0E), EXCEPT NORTH SIDE OF LATITUDE 37-30-49.6N IS SAFE FOR NAVIGATION, BASED ON ACT ON SPECIAL MEASURES CONCERNING NUCLEAR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS AT 151500Z APR. MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION SHOULD BE CONSIDERED A MINIMUM DISTANCE. PRUDENT ROUTE PLANNING SHOULD INCORPORATE PREVAILING AND CHANGING WIND AND WEATHER CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE OTHER PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES. IN THE EVENT A VESSEL BOUND FOR A U.S. PORT TRANSITS WITHIN THE 10.8 MILES (20 KILOMETERS) CAUTIONARY AREA, THE U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS THE VESSEL'S MASTER SUBMIT TRANSIT INFORMATION, INCLUDING THE DATE AND TOTAL TIME WITHIN THE CAUTIONARY AREA, TO THE COGNIZANT U.S. COAST GUARD CAPTAIN OF THE PORT USING THE COMMENT BLOCK IN THE ROUTINE SUBMITTAL OF THEIR 96-HOUR ADVANCED NOTICE OF ARRIVAL. THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED NOTICE AS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE BECOMES AVAILABLE. MARINERS SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN RELATING TO ANY FURTHER POTENTIAL IMPACTS. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1663/11.
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- Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japan2012-04-16
- Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japan2011-06-06
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- Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japancancels · 2011-06-06
- Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japanreplaced · 2011-06-06
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3346/15(93), vessel assistedcancelled by · 2015-10-11
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