NAVAREA IX 256/26
Navigational buoys B5 and B7 temporarily removed at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim
No longer in forceIssued 24 Jul 2026, 14:01 UTCArchived 07 Oct 2026, 21:20 UTC
Warning text
241500 UTC JULY 2026
NAVAREA IX 256/26
PORT MUHAMMAD BIN QASIM
PAKISTAN
CHARTS PAK 20 (INT 7316) AND BA 59
NAVIGATIONAL BUOYS B5 AND B7 TEMPORARILY REMOVED
FOR DREDGING OPERATION MARINERS CAUTIONED
Analysis
No longer in forceCancelled by 362/26 (archived)
NAVAREA IX warns that navigational buoys B5 and B7 at Port Muhammad Bin Qasim have been temporarily removed for a dredging operation. The notice was issued 24 July 2026 at 1500 UTC. Mariners are cautioned to take account of the missing aids during navigation. No end date is given.
Navigate with caution and note that buoys B5 and B7 are not in position.
- Type
- Aids to navigation · severity low
- Feed
- Aids to navigationAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- Port Muhammad Bin Qasim, Pakistan
- Validity
- From 24 Jul 2026, 15:00 UTC
241500 UTC JULY 2026 - Hazards
- navigational buoys removed, dredging operation
- Charts
- PAK 20 (INT 7316), BA 59
Aids to navigation affected
- DiscontinuedBuoy B5
- DiscontinuedBuoy B7
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 27 Sept 2026, 15:20 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
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