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Coast guard precautionary transit notification vicinity of fukushima japan

Western North Pacific · Japan-east Coast · U.S · HYDROPAC 838/11

issued
2011-03-17 18:54Z
status
cancelled 2011-06-06 23:42Z (archive)
authority
USCG FUKUSHIMA JAPAN 171847Z MAR 11.
position
37.317, 141.017
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
JAPAN-EAST COAST.
U.S. COAST GUARD PRECAUTIONARY TRANSIT NOTIFICATION
VICINITY OF FUKUSHIMA JAPAN.
IN RESPONSE TO THE SITUATION AT THE FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR
POWER PLANT IN JAPAN, THE U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS,
AS A PRECAUTION, THAT VESSELS AVOID TRANSITING WITHIN
50 MILES (43 NAUTICAL MILES/80 KILOMETERS) OF THE
FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (37-19N 141-01E).
MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT THIS RECOMMENDATION SHOULD
BE CONSIDERED A MINIMUM DISTANCE. PRUDENT ROUTE
PLANNING SHOULD INCORPORATE PREVAILING AND CHANGING
WIND AND WEATHER CONDITIONS, IN ADDITION TO THE
OTHER PRECAUTIONARY MEASURES.
IN THE EVENT A VESSEL BOUND FOR A U.S. PORT TRANSITS
WITHIN THE 50 MILES (43 NAUTICAL MILES/80 KILOMETERS)
CAUTIONARY AREA, THE U.S. COAST GUARD RECOMMENDS THE
VESSEL'S MASTER SUBMIT TRANSIT INFORMATION, INCLUDING
THE DATE AND TOTAL TIME WITHIN THE CAUTIONARY AREA,
TO THE COGNIZANT U.S. COAST GUARD CAPTAIN OF THE PORT
USING THE COMMENT BLOCK IN THE ROUTINE SUBMITTAL OF
THEIR 96-HOUR ADVANCED NOTICE OF ARRIVAL.
THE U.S. COAST GUARD WILL PROVIDE AN UPDATED NOTICE
AS ADDITIONAL GUIDANCE BECOMES AVAILABLE. MARINERS
SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF INFORMATION BEING PROVIDED
BY THE GOVERNMENT OF JAPAN RELATING TO ANY FURTHER
POTENTIAL IMPACTS.

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