琼航警181/26
Tug towing operation in South China Sea, 19-24 Sep
No longer in forceReceived 20 Sept 2026, 07:09 UTCArchived 30 Sept 2026, 13:10 UTC
Warning text
Positions open on the mapHN173/26 SOUTH CHINA SEA .M/V HAI WEI TUO 8617 TOWING YUE XIN HE 033 FROM 19-18.44N 110-39.09E TO 22-26.11N 113-13.18E FROM 190800 UTC TO 241200UTC SEP. LENGTH OVERALL 100 METRES SPEED 5 KNOTS. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. HAINAN MSA CHINA.
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No longer in forceA tug (Hai Wei Tuo 8617) was towing Yue Xin He 033 along a route in the South China Sea. Activity was reported from 19 September 2026 16:00 UTC to 24 September 2026 20:00 UTC. Tow length overall 100 metres and transit speed 5 knots. Mariners requested to give a wide berth.
Give a wide berth to the towing vessel and tow as requested by the notice.
- 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
- Validity
- From 19 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC
Until 24 Sept 2026, 20:00 UTC自9月19日1600时至9月24日2000时 - Activity periods
- 19 Sept 2026, 16:00 UTC - 24 Sept 2026, 20:00 UTC (Tow transit; length overall 100 metres, speed 5 knots)
- Hazards
- towing operation, restricted manoeuvrability
Contacts
- HAINAN MSA CHINA · issuing authority
Vessels involved
- HAI WEI TUO 8617 · tug
- YUE XIN HE 033 · towed vessel
Coast stations for this area
- RCCSanya HASChina92 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)266 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Haikou RadioHaikou HSA/MRCC Hainan ProvinceChinaMMSI 004123500VHF 25range 25 NM47 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Sanya RadioSanya HASChinaMMSI 00412370091 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Zhanjiang RadioMRSC ZhanjiangChinaMMSI 004123100VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM112 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Basuo RadioBasuo HASChinaMMSI 004123600MF 100range 100 NM116 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Beihai RadioBeihai HSAChinaMMSI 004123400MF 100range 100 NM158 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 30 Sept 2026, 12:08 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.