Oil spill response operations in progress until further notice vicinity 10-10.30N 061-51.13W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 104/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-07 14:52Z
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) · TRINIDAD 6/16 121848Z FEB 16.. Issued 2016-02-12 20:31Z. 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 10.172, -61.852. 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
- 2016-02-12 20:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- TRINIDAD 6/16 121848Z FEB 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- TRINIDAD
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.172, -61.852
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. CHART 24404. OIL SPILL RESPONSE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE VICINITY 10-10.30N 061-51.13W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Chart reference
- The number of the nautical chart on which the reported position lies.
- Oil spill / pollution
- Oil or chemicals in the water, and the response vessels working to contain them.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · spills & pollution incidents
7 within 180 nm since 1973 · 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.
- Trinidad and tobago2024-02-15
- Pipeline spill; guaracara river, pointe-a-pierre, trinidad and tobago2021-08-10
- On 16 oct 2020, noaa was asked by the US national response team to provide trajectory, resources at risk,…2020-10-16
- Trinidad and tobago2017-05-31
- On march 6, 1991, the motor barge vesta bella, containing 560,000 gallons of #6 fuel oil, sank about 30…1991-03-06
- Trinimar marine well 327; gulf of paria, venezuela1973-08-08
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
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 15 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 24.8 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 32.1 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 36.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 50.1 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 50.9 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 76.9 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 83.5 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 92.3 nm
- Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 104.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
7 spills & pollution incidents listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 23:39Z; source collection times vary.
Spills
Oil and chemical spills, groundings and vessel casualties with a pollution threat: NOAA IncidentNews responses since 1957, and spill-response areas broadcast as navigational warnings. All current spills & pollution incidents →
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.