Towing

45 meter diameter towing pontoon with radar reflector and flashing white light adrift in vicinity 36-27S…

Great Australian Bight · Australia-south Coast · HYDROPAC 516/21

issued: 2021-02-14 06:23Z
status: cancelled 2021-02-17 06:23Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2021-02-17 06:23Z
cancels: HYDROPAC 508/21
authority: SEA SAFETY 11/21 140555Z FEB 21.
sea: Great Australian Bight
position: -36.450, 138.567
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT.
AUSTRALIA-SOUTH COAST.
DNC 05.
1. 45 METER DIAMETER TOWING PONTOON WITH RADAR
   REFLECTOR AND FLASHING WHITE LIGHT ADRIFT IN
   VICINITY 36-27S 138-34E AT 140530Z FEB.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 508/21.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 170623Z FEB 21.

This area · tows

2 within 180 nm since 2021 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

45 meter diameter towing pontoon with radar reflector and flashing white light adrift in 36-32S 138-30E at…2021-02-13

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45 meter diameter towing pontoon with radar reflector and flashing white light adrift in 36-32S 138-30E at…cancels · 2021-02-13
45 meter diameter towing pontoon with radar reflector and flashing white light adrift in 36-32S 138-30E at…replaced · 2021-02-13

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Towing

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