The Port of Baltimore is open with restrictions due to a marine casualty until further notice.
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 490/24
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) · SFH 0/24 011900Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-01 16:10Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 39.267, -76.583. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2024-05-01 16:10Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- SFH 0/24 011900Z MAY 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SFH
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 39.267, -76.583
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. MARYLAND. 1. DUE TO MARINE CASUALTY, THE PORT OF BALTIMORE 39-16.00N 076-35.00W IS OPEN WITH RESTRICTIONS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. 2. CURRENT PORT INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND AT HOMEPORT.USCG.MIL USING THE PORT DIRECTORY TAB. 3. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 349/24.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
13 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.
- Due to marine casualty, the port of baltimore 39-16.00N 076-35.00W is closed until further notice2024-03-26
- Uscg remote communication facility portsmouth (n) 36-43.70N 076-00.60W services unreliable 152000Z to…2022-12-14
- Uscg remote communication facility chesapeake (n) 36-43.70N 076-00.60W transmit services unreliable2022-08-02
- Uscg remote communication facility portsmouth (n) 36-43.7N 076-00.6W transmit services inoperable2021-11-21
- Coast guard communications command facility chesapeake (n) 36-34.0N 076-15.4W telephone systems unavailable2020-12-11
- Coast guard communications command 36-34.0N 076-15.4W telephone systems unreliable2020-10-15
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
- 2 ensor ave, towson, md 21204, USASpills · 8.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:35Z; 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.