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A platform has been established in the Mozambique Channel off Mozambique at 16 degrees 51.75 minutes south, 40 degrees 4.53 minutes east.

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 677/23

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 VII 62/23 281944Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-28 20:01Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -16.863, 40.075. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2023-02-28 20:01Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 62/23 281944Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -16.863, 40.075
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
MOZAMBIQUE.
DNC 02.
PLATFORM ESTABLISHED IN 16-51.75S 040-04.53E.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · offshore structure notices

1 within 180 nm since 2023 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

2 offshore structure notices listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:40Z; source collection times vary.

Structures

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