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Mines reported - recommended routes and reporting for Romanian Black Sea approaches

ActiveReceived 06 Jun 2025, 21:05 UTC

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BLACK SEA. ROMANIA. RECOMMENDED ROUTES. Valid from 30 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC until further notice 1. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL SHIPS SAILING IN THE ROMANIAN AREA OF RESPONSABILITY TO APPLY THE PROVISIONS OF NOTICE TO MARINERS NO. 4/41 â 2022. 2. DUE TO DANGER TO NAVIGATION CAUSED BY THE MINE PRESENCE IN THE ROMANIAN AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY WE ADVISE ALL SAILING SHIPS APPROACHING AND LEAVING ROMANIAN HARBOURS TO USE POSITION 43-47.59N 028-50.86E AND AS THE CASE MAY BE, TO FOLLOW RECOMMENDED TRACKS: 1 (43-47.59N 028-50.86E; 43-47.5â N, 028-37.61 E) 2 (43-47.59N 028-50.86E; 44-11.33N 028-50.86E; 44-15.52N 028-45.04E) - POSITION 43-58.79N 028-50.86E (RECOMMENDED TRACK 2) USED FOR ENTRY TO TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME CONSTANTA; - SHIPS EXIT/LEAVING THE TRAFFIC SEPARATION SCHEME CONSTANTA IN POSITION 43-56.75N 028-50.86E (RECOMMENDED TRACK 2). 4 (44-00.57N 028-50.87E; 44-26.93 N, 029-43.20 E; 44-36.49N 029-52.56E; 45-05.89N 029-52.56E; 45-08.04N 029-47.58E). ALL SHIPS ARE REQUESTED TO REPORT IMMEDIATELY ANY MINES DETECTION OR MINE LIKE OBJECTS USING RADIO FREQUENCY CH 16/VHF AND CONTACTS: (0040241/651040) [email protected] â ROMANIAN MARITIME HYDROGRAPHIC DIRECTORATE; (0040241/615949) [email protected] â MRCC CONSTANTA; (004241/641188) [email protected] â ROMANIAN COAST GUARD.

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Due to the presence of mines in the Romanian area of responsibility, recommended routes are issued for ships approaching and leaving Romanian harbours. The routes include specified waypoints for entry to and exit from the Constanta traffic separation scheme and other recommended tracks. All ships are requested to report any mine or mine-like object immediately by VHF Ch 16 and to the listed contacts. Valid from 30 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC until further notice.

Use the recommended routes and waypoints when approaching or leaving Romanian harbours; report any mine or mine-like objects immediately on VHF Ch 16 and to the listed contacts.

Type: Navigational hazard · severity critical
Feed: Wrecks, obstructions and drifting objectsAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
Location: Black Sea, Romanian area of responsibility; approaches to Romanian harbours and Traffic Separation Scheme Constanta
Validity: From 30 Sept 2024, 00:00 UTC
Valid from 30 Sep 2024 00:00 UTC until further notice
Hazards: mines
References: NOTICE TO MARINERS NO. 4/41 - 2022

Contacts

0040241/651040 · Romanian Maritime Hydrographic Directorate
[email protected] · Romanian Maritime Hydrographic Directorate
0040241/615949 · MRCC CONSTANTA
[email protected] · MRCC CONSTANTA
004241/641188 · Romanian Coast Guard
[email protected] · Romanian Coast Guard
VHF CH 16 · Immediate reporting frequency for mine detections

Coast stations for this area

RCCMRCC VarnaBulgaria54 NM from the area
RCCMRCC Constanta/Constanta Harbor MasterRomania64 NM from the area
RCCMRCC OdessaUkraine175 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station Constanta, AgigeaMRCC Constanta/Constanta Harbor MasterRomaniaMMSI 002640570VHF 25, MF 400, HFrange 400 NM21 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station KaliakraMRCC VarnaBulgariaMMSI 002070812VHF 30range 30 NM30 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station Varna RadioMRCC VarnaBulgariaMMSI 002070810VHF 53, MF 200range 200 NM50 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station Saint JohnJRCC HalifaxCanadaMMSI 003160015VHF 40range 40 NM50 NM from the area
DSCDSC Station Constanta, Sfintu GheorgheMRCC Constanta/Constanta Harbor MasterRomaniaMMSI 002640570VHF 24range 24 NM74 NM from the area

Position check: the text also mentions 43-47.5’ N, 028-37.61 E, which may not be drawn on the map. Check the original text.

Worked out automatically from the warning text on 29 Sept 2026, 20:09 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.

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