Naval operations 050530Z to 062330Z mar in area bound by 17-34.50N 093-43.50E, 17-34.50N 094-25.00E,…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 727/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-07 00:30Z
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) · NAVAREA VIII 244/24 041629Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-04 17:47Z. 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 05:30Z | 2024-03-06 23:30Z | — | 42 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 17:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-07 00:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 244/24 041629Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 17.450, 94.071
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. BURMA. DNC 03. 1. NAVAL OPERATIONS 050530Z TO 062330Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 17-34.50N 093-43.50E, 17-34.50N 094-25.00E, 17-19.50N 094-25.00E, 17-19.50N 093-43.50E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 070030Z 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
13 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Mooring established in 19-51.4N 092-27.5E 31 mar thru 15 jun2022-03-30
- Geophysical survey 10 oct thru 30 nov by M/V fugro equinox in area bound by 19-56.4N 092-25.6E, 19-29.4N…2016-10-07
- Geophysical operations in progress until 15 may by M/V asian warrior in areas bound by: a. 15-23.60N…2015-05-07
- Geophysical operations in progress until 10 nov by M/V dayang sari and M/V volans in areas bound by: a.…2012-10-16
- Geophysical operations 24 thru 31 may by M/V dayang sari and M/V volans in area bound by 15-29N 094-45E,…2012-05-24
- Geophysical operations in progress until 26 may by M/V mariner in areas: a. bound by 15-26.43N 095-12.94E,…2012-05-08
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 04:04Z; 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.