Pipeline operations by vessel Barge Derrick Barge 30 are underway in the Persian Gulf near Qatar from August 10 to November 10, wide berth requested.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2281/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-09 14:58Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:02Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Persian Gulf. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-08-09 14:58Z
- status
- Listed in force
- self-cancels
- 2026-11-11 00:01Z
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.415, 52.095
- vessel
- BARGE DERRICK BARGE 30 · 4 messages
- nearest port
- Doha · 73 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. QATAR. 1. PIPELINE OPERATIONS 10 AUG THRU 10 NOV BY VESSEL BARGE DERRICK BARGE 30 IN AREA BOUND BY 26-31.70N 051-59.40E, 26-25.30N 052-12.50E, 26-18.70N 052-12.40E, 26-23.50N 051-59.40E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z NOV 26.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
179 within 180 nm since 1999 · 7 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.
- Pipeline operations 19 sep thru 02 oct2026-09-18
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…2026-09-17
- Pipeline operations 05 thru 30 apr by derrick barge 32 in area bound by 26-04.97N 051-32.09E, 26-03.90N…2026-04-04
- Cable operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 25-57.40N 051-32.81E, 25-58.72N…2026-02-18
- Pipeline operations 02 dec thru 15 jan 26 by derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-23.52N 052-13.83E,…2025-12-01
- Pipeline operations in progress until 15 feb 26 along trackline joining 24-30.82N 054-01.29E, 24-53.45N…2025-10-17
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
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 15.6 nm
- Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 16.2 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 16.5 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 16.8 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 18.5 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 31.9 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 41.5 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 88.3 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 106.1 nm
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 114.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-30 23:07Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.