Sultan fairway will be permanently closed on 01 oct
Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 1558/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-01-18 12:20Z
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) · GIH. Issued 2001-09-27 19:00Z. 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
- Singapore Strait. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Singapore Strait →
- issued
- 2001-09-27 19:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- GIH
- issued by
- GIH
- sea
- Singapore Strait
- position
- 1.243, 103.655
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CHART 71255 (5TH ED). 1. SULTAN FAIRWAY WILL BE PERMANENTLY CLOSED ON 01 OCT. 2. TEMASEK FAIRWAY, DREDGED TO 16 METERS, ESTABLISHED EFFECTIVE 01 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY 01-15-55.3N 103-39-04.6E, 01-14-02.3N 103-39-58.6E, 01-13-20.8N 103-39-41.2E, 01-13-02.8N 103-38-58.6E, 01-14-01.4N 103-39-23.1E, 01-16-01.7N 103-38-25.7E. 3. MOST OF THE INFORMATION PUBLISHED IN U.S. NOTICE TO MARINERS 17/01, 18/01 AND 37/01 HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED/AMENDED BY THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE TEMASEK FAIRWAY.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- Notice to Mariners
- The weekly publication of permanent chart corrections — the slower, permanent counterpart of a navigational warning.
Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices
68 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removed2026-06-21
- Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removed2026-06-21
- South cardinal buoy 01-03.59N 103-38.86E unlit2025-03-23
- Radio beacon at takong light 01-05.90N 103-43.25E off air and unlit until further notice2024-03-24
- RACON at south cardinal buoy 01-03.61N 103-38.96E off air2023-12-11
- RACON at south cardinal buoy 01-03.61N 103-38.96E temporarily removed2023-12-11
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
- Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 13.5 nm
- Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 13.5 nm
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 28.9 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 28.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
134 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:11Z; source collection times vary.
Nav aids
Lights extinguished, buoys off station, RACON/NAVTEX outages. All current aids-to-navigation notices →
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.