Towing

Towing vessel Manta is towing the Henry Goodrich platform to Aliaga port with a 600-meter trailer, wide berth requested, until August 26.

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · NAVAREA III 113/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-18 00:00Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator). Issued 2026-07-28 00:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 14:07Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-18 05:40Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2026-07-28 00:00Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-08-20 12:00Z
authority: Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator)
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III
issued by: SPANISH NAVY IHM
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 36.792, 11.352
nearest port: Pantelleria · 28 nm
source: Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · first seen 2026-08-17 14:07Z

Original warning text

MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
TOWING OPERATIONS BY MANTA (IMO 9261487, MMSI 205340000) TO HENRY GOODRICH MOBILE PLATFORM TO ALIAGA PORT
600 METERS TRAILER LENGTH
THROUGH THE SMOOTHED ROUTE:
35-55.48N 005-18.05W
36-30.84N 000-50.10W
37-09.09N 005-01.25E
37-13.82N 008-40.75E
37-27.45N 010-20.29E
36-48.56N 012-08.39E
36-22.62N 014-36.05E
36-16.78N 022-31.98E
36-24.82N 022-56.97E
36-16.25N 023-12.19E
37-08.57N 024-49.09E
38-09.63N 026-14.78E
38-38.56N 026-13.46E
38-45.24N 026-59.60E
38-50.75N 026-58.55E
WIDE BERTH IS REQUESTED
CANCEL THIS MSG 201200 UTC AUG 26.

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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · tows

4 within 180 nm since 2004 · 1 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.

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

0 tows listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 09:05Z; 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.