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Pipelaying operations in progress until 23 dec by M/V pms mayo in area bound by 27-51.96N 033-39.42E,…

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 3686/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-12-24 00:01Z

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) · NAVAREA IX 342/14 101005Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-10 11:41Z. 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
Gulf of Suez. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2014-12-10 11:41Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 342/14 101005Z DEC 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Suez
position
27.852, 33.690
vessel
M/V PMS MAYO · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF SUEZ.
EGYPT.
DNC 10.
1. PIPELAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 23 DEC
   BY M/V PMS MAYO IN AREA BOUND BY
   27-51.96N 033-39.42E, 27-52.71N 033-40.39E,
   27-50.29N 033-43.42E, 27-49.54N 033-42.37E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3606/14.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 DEC 14.

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Area bound by
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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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

11 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

22 other warnings listed in force · see all

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