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Participation of merchant shipping

Operation Enduring Freedom · HYDROPAC 1602/07

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-07 16:31Z

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) · PVWA HILL 17 SEP 07.. Issued 2007-09-17 14:34Z. 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
Operation Enduring Freedom. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2007-09-17 14:34Z
status
Archived notice
authority
PVWA HILL 17 SEP 07.
issued by
PVWA HILL
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. OPERATION ENDURING FREEDOM. PARTICIPATION OF MERCHANT SHIPPING.
2. IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE US AND MULTINATIONAL TASK GROUPS IN THEIR
   SURVEILLANCE AND ANTI-TERRORIST OPERATIONS IN THE GULF OF ADEN AND
   APPROACHES, GERMAN TASK GROUP 500.1 IS TASKED WITH PROVIDING
   SHIPPING INFORMATION AND ACTING AS A POINT OF CONTACT FOR MERCHANT
   SHIPPING. INFORMATION WILL BE FORWARDED TO MERCHANT SHIPPING IN
   THIS AREA EAST OF BAB-EL-MANDEB AND OUTSIDE THE TERRITORIAL WATERS
   OF SOMALIA FOR SAFE PASSAGE..
3. ALL MERCHANT SHIPPING IS INVITED TO PARTICIPATE TO IMPROVE THE
   REPORTING AND EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION. SUCH REPORTING IS VOLUNTARY
   HOWEVER, CIVIL MARITIME AUTHORITIES ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO
   SUPPORT THIS SERVICE WHICH, BY ITS STABILIZING NAVAL PRESENCE,
   BENEFITS SHIPPING IN THE REGION.
4. SHIPPING COMPANIES AND MERCHANT SHIPS ARE KINDLY REQUESTED TO
   REPORT DETAILED INFORMATION TO THE TASK GROUP BY E-MAIL:
   CTG_500.01@ARCOR.DE OR BY INMARSAT: 00870 321 822 611. ALL SHIPS
   ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE NAME, INTERNATIONAL CALL SIGN, IMO NUMBER
   AND GENERAL NATURE OF CARGO.
5. SHIPS INTENDING TO TRANSIT AN AREA OF OPERATION WESTWARDS TO THE
   RED SEA AND THE SUEZ CANAL ARE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE POSITION,
   ETD AND NAME OF THE LAST PORT OF CALL, AND ETA SUEZ CANAL. SHIPS
   INTENDING TO TRANSIT EASTWARDS AFTER PASSING THE SUEZ CANAL ARE
   REQUESTED TO PROVIDE POSITION, ETD SUEZ CANAL AND NEXT PORT OF
   CALL. GENERAL INFORMATION AND THE SHIP-DATA FORM ARE ALSO AVAILABLE
   ON WEBSITE: WWW.SCC-GLUECKSBURG.DE.
6. THE EMPHASIS IS ON THE EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN MILITARY
   AUTHORITIES, NAVAL FORCES AND MERCHANT SHIPPING. PROVISION OF THIS
   INFORMATION WILL ASSIST IN THE COMPILATION OF AN ACCURATE SHIPPING
   PLOT FOR THE SECURITY OF SHIPPING BY NAVAL FORCES IN THE REGION.
   IT WILL ALSO REDUCE VHF TRAFFIC BETWEEN MERCHANT SHIPS AND WARSHIPS.
7. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1049/06 AND HYDROPAC 1576/07.
8. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1582/07 DTG 131640Z SEP, MSG PROMULGATED IN ERROR.

Reading this warning

Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
VHF / channel 16
Very high frequency marine radio; channel 16 is the international distress, safety and calling channel.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
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.

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