Naval operations 050230Z to 071030Z mar in area bound by 09-05.00N 082-15.00E, 09-05.00N 080-55.00E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 723/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-07 11:30Z
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) · MRCC COLOMBO 0/24 041109Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-04 11:33Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-05 02:30Z | 2024-03-07 10:30Z | — | 56 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2024-03-04 11:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-07 11:30Z
- authority
- MRCC COLOMBO 0/24 041109Z MAR 24.
- issued by
- MRCC COLOMBO
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 8.697, 81.695
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. SRI LANKA. DNC 03. 1. NAVAL OPERATIONS 050230Z TO 071030Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 09-05.00N 082-15.00E, 09-05.00N 080-55.00E, 08-15.00N 081-24.00E, 08-15.00N 082-15.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071130Z MAR 24.
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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
16 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- F/V reported sunk in vicinity 09-39.49N 079-26.97E2023-08-05
- M/V new diamond, on fire in 07-00N 082-33E at 090330Z sep2020-09-09
- M/V new diamond, on fire in 07-05.19N 082-21.34E at 081430Z sep2020-09-08
- M/V new diamond, on fire in 07-04.00N 082-25.78E at 060800Z sep2020-09-06
- M/V new diamond, on fire in 07-05N 082-30E at 060703Z sep2020-09-06
- M/V new diamond, suffered fire in engine room and request assistance in 06-52.48N 082-33.04E at 050330Z sep2020-09-05
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:35Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.