Salvage operations by the motor vessel KMAX EMPEROR are underway until further notice in the Gulf of Kachchh, India, near 22-43.76N 069-53.61E, with a wide berth requested.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2775/26
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 2026-09-25 01:40Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 21:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 22.729, 69.894. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-25 01:40Z
- status
- Listed in force
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 22.729, 69.894
- nearest port
- Kandla · 25 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:02Z
Original warning text
GULF OF KACHCHH. INDIA. SALVAGE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V KMAX EMPEROR IN 22-43.76N 069-53.61E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
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 · survey operations
151 within 180 nm since 2003 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Underwater operations in progress until 30 jun by M/V adwita in vicnity of trackline joining 22-37.25N…2025-04-03
- Underwater operations 21 mar to 30 jun by barge freight 75, barge conquest, M/V maria and M/V triton grace…2025-03-20
- Underwater operations 21 mar thru 30 jun by tug asl scorpio and barge prestige along trackline joining…2025-03-20
- Survey operations in progress until 27 feb by vessel kb 21 along trackline joining 22-37.25N 068-27.15E,…2025-01-30
- Survey operations in progress until 10 feb in areas bound by: a. 21-35.10N 069-34.00E, 21-48.20N 069-18.10E,…2025-01-20
- Survey operations 21 dec thru 20 feb 25 by M/V vallianz pegasus in area bound by 20-37.74N 072-04.06E,…2024-12-20
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:45Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.