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 686/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-09-16 09:38Z
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 0/22 151007Z SEP 22.. Issued 2022-09-15 10:12Z. 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 39.800, -135.217. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2022-09-15 10:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM 0/22 151007Z SEP 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- THE OCEAN CLEANUP SYSTEM
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 39.800, -135.217
- 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 39-48.00N 135-13.00W AT 150836Z SEP. TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 683/22.
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.
Collected reports in this area · tows
7 within 180 nm since 2022 · 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.
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2024-04-11
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2022-10-29
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2022-10-28
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2022-04-02
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2022-04-01
- The ocean cleanup system operations in progress by M/V maersk trader and M/V maersk tender towing 800 meter…2022-02-17
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 03:29Z; 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.