Towing

The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 477/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-29 10:11Z

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) · THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM 0/23 281002Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-28 10:06Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 31.883, -140.333. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-07-28 10:06Z
status
Archived notice
authority
THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM 0/23 281002Z JUL 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
31.883, -140.333
vessels
M/V MAERSK TENDER · 535 messagesM/V MAERSK TRADER · 535 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
1. THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM OPERATIONS
   IN PROGRESS BY M/V MAERSK TRADER AND
   M/V MAERSK TENDER TOWING 800 METER BARRIER
   MARKED WITH WHITE LIGHTS AND RADAR
   REFLECTORS IN VICINITY 31-53.00N 140-20.00W
   AT 280831Z JUL.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 470/23.

Reading this warning

Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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Collected reports in this area · tows

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

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24

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

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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

0 tows listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:23Z; source collection times vary.

Towing

Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →

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.