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No longer in forceNCAGS exercise MINOAS 2026 across Aegean, Ionian and Sea of Kastelorizo
The Hellenic Navy, with the Hellenic Coast Guard, will run an NCAGS (Naval Cooperation and Guidance for Shipping) exercise named MINOAS 2026 in the high seas of the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Sea of Kastelorizo. The exercise period is given from 13th October 05:00 UTC until 16th October 12:00 UTC; message cancel time 16th October 13:00 UTC. Merchant shipping (including fishing vessels >300 GRT) are requested to cooperate voluntarily and to contact the NCAGS Coordination Centre before entering or sailing out of the exercise area.
Cooperate voluntarily with the NCAGS Coordination Centre; contact NCC by phone or email before entering or leaving the area and follow instructions.
- Type
- Military exercise · severity moderate
- Feed
- Military exercises and firingAll warnings of this kind on the map (contributors), or as an API feed: /api/v2/feeds/military/
- Location
- High seas of the Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea and the Sea of Kastelorizo
- Validity
- From 13 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC
Until 16 Oct 2026, 13:00 UTCFROM 130500 UTC OCTOBER 26 UNTIL 161200 UTC OCTOBER 26. CANCEL THIS MSG 161300 UTC OCT 26 - Activity periods
- 13 Oct 2026, 05:00 UTC - 16 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC (NCAGS exercise MINOAS 2026)
- Hazards
- NCAGS interactions with merchant shipping, potential operational communications and manoeuvring
Contacts
- [email protected] · NCAGS Coordination Centre (Hellenic Coast Guard HQ)
- +302131371031 · NCAGS Coordination Centre (Hellenic Coast Guard HQ)
- HELLENIC COAST GUARD HQ IN PIRAEUS · Location of NCAGS Coordination Centre
Generated automatically from the warning text on 08 Oct 2026, 06:25 UTC. It can be wrong: the original warning below is the authoritative text.
Keywords
- Weather Warninghigh seas