琼航警209/26
Tug towing floating dock across South China Sea, 23-25 Oct
No longer in forceReceived 22 Oct 2026, 20:08 UTCArchived 25 Oct 2026, 20:48 UTC
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Positions open on the mapHN201/26 SOUTH CHINA SEA M/V RONG WEI TUO 1 TOWING FLOATING DOCK HONGYUAN DOCK NO.1 FROM 20-9.94N 111-13.68 TO 19-59.10N 109-49.60E FROM 222000UTC OCT TO 242400UTC OCT. LENGTH OVERALL 350 METRES SPEED 5 KNOTS. VIA 20-14.16N 110-51.97E,20-14.13N 110-45.90E,WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. HAINAN MSA CHINA.
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No longer in forceTug RONG WEI TUO 1 will tow floating dock HONGYUAN DOCK NO.1 between positions in the South China Sea. Transit is reported from 2026-10-23 06:00 UTC to 2026-10-25 08:00 UTC via two intermediate waypoints. Tow length about 350 m and speed about 5 knots; vessels request a wide berth.
Give the tow a wide berth and navigate with caution; keep watch and reduce speed as necessary to avoid close passing.
- 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 (transit between given positions)
- Validity
- From 23 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC
Until 25 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC10月23日0600时至10月25日0800时 - Activity periods
- 23 Oct 2026, 06:00 UTC - 25 Oct 2026, 08:00 UTC (tow transit reported 23 Oct 0600 to 25 Oct 0800 UTC)
- Hazards
- towed floating dock, tug with long tow, reduced manoeuvrability
Contacts
- HAINAN MSA CHINA · issuing authority
Coast stations for this area
- RCCSanya HASChina140 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)226 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC ShantouChina385 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Haikou RadioHaikou HSA/MRCC Hainan ProvinceChinaMMSI 004123500VHF 25range 25 NM30 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Zhanjiang RadioMRSC ZhanjiangChinaMMSI 004123100VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM60 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Beihai RadioBeihai HSAChinaMMSI 004123400MF 100range 100 NM121 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Sanya RadioSanya HASChinaMMSI 004123700137 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Basuo RadioBasuo HASChinaMMSI 004123600MF 100range 100 NM139 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 22 Oct 2026, 20:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.