NAVAREA VII - 014/2026

SÉCURITÉ

Issued: 12 Jan 2026, 00:00Last modified: 2 Nov 2026, 12:20

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Port of Maputo buoys missing or out of position, some unlit

Several navigational buoys in the Port of Maputo (Baia de Maputo) are missing, unlit or out of position. Starboard lateral buoy number 7 (Fl.G.4s) is reported missing; buoy 6N is unlit and out of position; buoy 1N is reported missing (new). Mariners are advised to navigate with caution. This message cancels NAVAREA VII 374 of 2025 and remains in force until further notice.

Navigate with caution

Type: Aids to navigation · severity low
Feed: Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map (contributors), or as an API feed: /api/v2/feeds/aton/
Location: Port of Maputo (Baia de Maputo), SW Indian Ocean
Hazards: buoys missing, buoy unlit, buoys out of position
Cancels: NAVAREA VII 374 OF 2025
Charts: BA644 (BAIA DE MAPUTO)

Aids to navigation affected

MissingSTBD LATERAL BUOY NR 7 · FL.G.4S
UnlitBUOY 6N · out of position
MissingBUOY 1N

No aids-to-navigation list in the database yet; aids are shown as the warning names them.

Generated automatically from the warning text on 28 Sept 2026, 17:59 UTC. It can be wrong: the original warning below is the authoritative text.

Keywords

Malfunctioning AidsUNLIT

Message content

1. INDIAN OCEAN - SW SECTOR – PORT OF MAPUTO 2. CHARTS BA644 (BAIA DE MAPUTO) 3. FOLLOWING BUOYS OUT OF POSITION: A. STBD LATERAL BUOY NR 7, FL.G.4S MISSING B. BUOY 6N UNLIT AND OUT OF POSITION. C. BUOY 1N MISSING (NEW). 4. VESSELS TO NAVIGATE WITH CAUTION 5. CANCEL NAVAREA VII 374 OF 2025 6. UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

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