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NATO operation Sea Guardian is underway in the Mediterranean Sea, requesting merchant vessels to report suspicious activity.

Mediterranean Sea · NAVAREA III 36/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates
Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator). Issued 2026-03-04 00:00Z. First collected 2026-08-17 14:07Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:10Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Mediterranean Sea. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
issued
2026-03-04 00:00Z
status
Listed in force
authority
Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator)
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III
issued by
SPANISH NAVY IHM
source
Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · first seen 2026-08-17 14:07Z

Original warning text

MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
NATO OPERATION SEA GUARDIAN (OSG) IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE TO DETER TERRORISM AND MITIGATE MARITIME SECURITY THREATS.
MERCHANT VESSELS ARE REQUESTED TO PARTICIPATE IN A VOLUNTARY REPORTING SCHEME IN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. FURTHER INFO WWW.SHIPPING.NATO.INT.
REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO NATO WARSHIPS OR NATO SHIPPING CENTRE. TEL +44 1923 956574 OR EMAIL HQMARCOM.INFOSHIPPING@NATO.INT.

Reading this warning

Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:21Z; 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.