粤航警718/26
Towing of drilling platform in South China Sea, 4-6 Oct
No longer in forceReceived 03 Oct 2026, 01:00 UTCArchived 07 Oct 2026, 13:10 UTC
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Positions open on the mapGD620/26 SOUTH CHINA SEA “DE ZE” TOWING DRILLING PLATFORM “NAN HAI SHI HAO” FROM 21-44.60N 115-17.00E TO 21-04.00N 114-25.30E. FROM 4 TO 6 OCT. LENGTH OF TOW 609M SPEED 5 KN. SIGNAL LIGHTS AND SHAPES WILL BE EXHIBITED WIDE BERTH REQUESTED GUANGDONG MSA CHINA
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No longer in forceTug DE ZE will tow the drilling platform NAN HAI SHI HAO in the South China Sea from 21-44.6N 115-17.0E to 21-04.0N 114-25.3E. The tow will take place from 4 to 6 October. Tow length is 609 metres and speed about 5 knots. Required lights and shapes will be exhibited and vessels are requested to give a wide berth.
Give a wide berth, navigate with caution and keep a good lookout for the tow and its towline.
- Type
- Towing operations · severity moderate
- Feed
- Offshore works, rigs and towingAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- South China Sea, between 21-44.6N 115-17.0E and 21-04.0N 114-25.3E
- Validity
- From 04 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Until 06 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTCFROM 4 TO 6 OCT. - Activity periods
- 04 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC - 06 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (Towing operation, tow length 609 m, speed 5 kn)
- Hazards
- towing operation, long tow (609 m)
Contacts
- GUANGDONG MSA CHINA · issuing authority
Vessels involved
- DE ZE · tug (tow)
- NAN HAI SHI HAO · towed drilling platform
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)71 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC ShantouChina130 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC XiamenChina225 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Hong Kong Marine Rescue Victoria PeakMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)MMSI 004773500VHF 50range 50 NM71 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Hong Kong Marine Rescue Tai Mo ShanMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)MMSI 004773500VHF 50, MF 200, HFrange 200 NM76 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Wenzhou RadioMRSC ShantouChinaMMSI 004123200MF 100range 100 NM123 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Guangzhou RadioMRCC GuangdongChinaMMSI 004123100VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM130 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Xiamen RadioMRSC XiamenChinaMMSI 004122700VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM231 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 03 Oct 2026, 06:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.