Spills

Oil spill response operations in Caribbean Sea near Netherlands Antilles at 12-42.15N 068-05.56W and 12-25.00N 067-46.00W; wide berth requested.

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 206/24

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) · DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/24 240000Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-24 01:28Z. 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 12.560, -67.930. 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: 2024-02-24 01:28Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/24 240000Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 12.560, -67.930
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES.
OIL SPILL RESPONSE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN VICINITY:
A. 12-42.15N 068-05.56W.
B. 12-25.00N 067-46.00W.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · spills & pollution incidents

2 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

La guaira, venezuela2000-01-05

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

Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 33.6 nm
Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 54.1 nm
Cayo noroeste light 11-13.31N 068-26.28W unlitNav aids · 85.7 nm
Orchila pier beacon 11-48.43N 066-12.00W unlitNav aids · 111.1 nm
Wolker light 11-48.70N 066-11.08W unlitNav aids · 111.8 nm
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlitNav aids · 114.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

8 spills & pollution incidents listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 11:48Z; 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.