粤航警723/26
Towing of drilling platform in South China Sea between two positions, 9-10 Oct
No longer in forceReceived 08 Oct 2026, 07:58 UTCArchived 11 Oct 2026, 13:11 UTC
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Positions open on the mapGD624/26 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 9 TO 10 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 drilling platform "NAN HAI SHI HAO" from 21-44.6N 115-17.0E to 21-04.0N 114-25.3E. Transit is scheduled from 9 to 10 October. Tow length 609 m, speed about 5 kn; required lights and shapes will be exhibited. Wide berth requested by Guangdong MSA.
Give wide berth and navigate with caution; expect tow displaying required lights and shapes.
- 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 09 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Until 10 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTCFROM 9 TO 10 OCT. - Activity periods
- 09 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC - 10 Oct 2026, 23:59 UTC (Towing transit 21-44.6N 115-17.0E to 21-04.0N 114-25.3E; tow length 609 m; speed 5 kn)
- Hazards
- towed drilling platform, long tow (609 m), restricted manoeuvrability
Contacts
- Guangdong MSA · issuing authority
Vessels involved
- DE ZE · tug / towing vessel
- NAN HAI SHI HAO · drilling platform (tow)
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 08 Oct 2026, 10:28 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.