NAVAREA XIV Radio Navigational Warnings

Warnings In-Force at: 152045 UTC MAY 12

Information about NAVAREA warnings

As part of the Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) NAVAREA warnings are promulgated by the Worldwide Navigational Warnings Service (WWNWS) and are concerned with information which ocean-going mariners require for their safe navigation. This includes, in particular, failures of important aids to navigation, as well as information which may require changes to planned navigational routes.

The world is divided into geographical sea areas (NAVAREAs), as shown on the map of areas covered by the NAVAREA radio navigational warning system. Under the WWNWS, New Zealand is the area Co-ordinator for NAVAREA XIV. Warnings are prefixed NAVAREA XIV and numbered consecutively on an annual basis.

NAVEAREA XIV Co-ordinator

LINZ is the NAVAREA XIV Co-ordinator, the authority charged with collecting and issuing long range navigational warnings.

NAVAREA XIV Co-ordinator
Tel +64 4 460 0110
Fax +64 4 460 0161
Email NAVAREAXIV@linz.govt.nz

While every effort will be made to keep the information on this website up-to-date it should be appreciated that it may not always be possible to add and cancel warnings in real-time. The provision of NAVAREA XIV warnings on t his website does not relieve Masters/Captains of the requirement to receive navigational warnings via the appropriate International Maritime Organisation (IMO) approved Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) broadcast service i.e. the International SafetyNET system.

Many warnings are of a temporary nature, but others may remain in-force for several weeks and may be superseded by Notices to Mariners.

The IHO WWNWS web page allows direct access to all the NAVAREA Co-ordinators around the world who have made their NAVAREA warnings available on the web.

A list of NAVAREA XIV Warnings in Force is included in the fortnightly edition of Notices to Mariners.