Salvage and oil spill response operations are ongoing near 11-08.07N 060-46.55W, Trinidad and Tobago, eastern Caribbean Sea; wide berth requested.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 177/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
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
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 38/24 151248Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-15 13:07Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 11.134, -60.776. 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
- 2024-02-15 13:07Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 38/24 151248Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.134, -60.776
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. SALVAGE AND OIL SPILL RESPONSE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN VICINITY 11-08.07N 060-46.55W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
- Oil spill response operations in progress until further notice vicinity 10-10.30N 061-51.13W2016-02-12
- 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 · 4.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 42.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 61.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 61.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 63.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 68.3 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 72 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 81.8 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 84.5 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 95.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
8 spills & pollution incidents listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:09Z; 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.