MPB-F82F8D56
New yellow observation buoy deployed in Xingda offshore waters
Warning text
Analysis
ActiveA 1.2 m diameter aluminum cone observation buoy has been deployed in Xingda offshore waters and may move within a roughly 20 m radius. The buoy is painted yellow and fitted with a yellow light (flashes every 4 seconds), radar reflector and AIS. Deployment reported by NCKU Research & Development Foundation in a letter dated 13 October 2026. Mariners should note the new aid and its collision-avoidance equipment when transiting the area.
Navigate with caution and maintain lookout; note the buoy’s light, radar reflector and AIS for collision avoidance.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Xingda offshore waters
- Hazards
- new fixed observation buoy (moving radius ~20 m)
Contacts
- NCKU Research & Development Foundation, Letter No. 1150002374 · reporting organisation
- MPB notice 333-EDL3664-20261014004 · local notice reference
Aids to navigation affected
- Newly establishedaluminum alloy cone observation buoy · Yellow flashes every four seconds · re-deployed at the following position with about 20m moving radius
No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 14 Oct 2026, 03:57 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.