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The following traffic separation scheme (tss), inshore traffic zones and precautionary area effective…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1008/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-20 11:05Z
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) · PANAMA TSS ATLANTIC 29 NOV 14.. Issued 2014-11-29 13:10Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 9.533, -79.822. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2014-11-29 13:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PANAMA TSS ATLANTIC 29 NOV 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- PANAMA TSS ATLANTIC
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 9.533, -79.822
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
PANAMA CANAL.
CHART 26066.
THE FOLLOWING TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME (TSS),
INSHORE TRAFFIC ZONES AND PRECAUTIONARY AREA
EFFECTIVE 010001Z DEC:
1. TRAFFIC SEPARATION ZONE BOUND BY
09-33.97N 080-02.50W, 09-31.00N 079-57.52W,
09-32.20N 079-56.50W, 09-35.65N 080-01.40W.
2. TRAFFIC SEPARATION ZONE BOUND BY
09-40.00N 079-57.20W, 09-33.40N 079-54.92W,
09-33.90N 079-53.50W, 09-41.08N 079-55.30W.
3. TRAFFIC SEPARATION ZONE BOUND BY
09-42.38N 079-47.61W, 09-33.85N 079-51.20W,
09-33.15N 079-49.80W, 09-42.58N 079-45.00W.
4. INSHORE TRAFFIC ZONE BOUND BY
09-18.68N 080-01.20W, 09-28.00N 080-03.00W,
09-28.90N 079-59.20W, 09-21.40N 079-59.10W.
5. INSHORE TRAFFIC ZONE BOUND BY
09-29.00N 079-43.50W, 09-31.95N 079-48.10W,
09-43.00N 079-38.90W, 09-38.05N 079-32.30W.
6. PRECAUTIONARY AREA BOUND BY
09-29.00N 079-43.50W, 09-31.95N 079-48.10W,
09-33.15N 079-49.80W, 09-33.85N 079-51.20W,
09-33.90N 079-53.50W, 09-33.40N 079-54.92W,
09-32.20N 079-56.50W, 09-31.00N 079-57.52W,
09-28.90N 079-59.20W, 09-21.40N 079-59.10W.
7. INBOUND TRAFFIC LANE ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
09-31.00N 080-02.70W AND 09-30.00N 079-58.30W.
8. INBOUND TRAFFIC LANE ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
09-41.70N 079-51.50W AND 09-33.90N 079-52.40W.
9. OUTBOUND TRAFFIC LANE ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
09-32.80N 079-55.70W AND 09-37.80N 079-59.30W.
10. OUTBOUND TRAFFIC LANE ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
09-32.60N 079-48.90W AND 09-42.80N 079-42.00W.
11. THESE ROUTING MEASURES HAVE BEEN APPROVED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION (IMO).
12. CORRECTIONS FOR HARD COPY CHARTS AFFECTED BY
THESE CHANGES WILL BE ISSUED IN A U.S. NTM.
13. USERS OF NGA DIGITAL NAUTICAL CHART (DNC)
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT A VDU PATCH INCORPORATING
THESE CHANGES MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL
10-31 DAYS AFTER THEY GO INTO EFFECT.
DNC 14 IS AFFECTED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- 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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- Notice to Mariners
- The weekly publication of permanent chart corrections — the slower, permanent counterpart of a navigational warning.
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
16 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
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23
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.
- Two persons overboard from F/V huachuma, in 07-43.86N 079-52.15W on 02 jul2023-07-04
- Three persons overboard from F/V requesting assistance2023-03-02
- Two persons overboard from vessel in 07-07.7N 079-49.5W2021-06-19
- The gulf of panama is a critical habitat for humpback whale migration and breeding, and for other species of…2020-08-04
- The gulf of panama is a critical habitat for humpback whale migration and breeding, and for other species of…2019-08-07
- S/V spika in need of assistance in 10-06N 077-11W2017-02-02
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
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 6 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 9.5 nm
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 9.6 nm
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 10.1 nm
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 10.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:35Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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