Nav aids

NAVTEX station Karachi in Pakistan is inoperative; broadcasts shifted to SafetyNet, with warnings available on Paknavy website.

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3082/21

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA IX 399/21 271428Z OCT 21.. Issued 2021-10-27 15:26Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 24.880, 67.165. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued
2021-10-27 15:26Z
status
Cancelled notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 399/21 271428Z OCT 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
24.880, 67.165
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PAKISTAN.
DNC 03.
1. NAVTEX STATION KARACHI (P) 24-52.8N 067-09.9E
   INOPERATIVE.
2. KARACHI BROADCASTS WILL BROADCAST VIA
   SAFETYNET.
3. NAVIGATIONAL WARNINGS AVAILABLE ON WEBSITE
   WWW.PAKNAVY.GOV.PK/HYDRO.
4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2392/21.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
NAVTEX
An automated medium-frequency radio service that sends coastal warnings as text to a small printer or screen on board.
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.
Inoperative / unreliable / off air
An aid or radio service is not working as charted or published.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · aids-to-navigation notices

58 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

137 aids-to-navigation notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:25Z; 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.