NAVAREA IX 425/26

STRAIT OF HORMUZ CHARTS BA 2851, 2888, 3172, 3409, OMAN CHARTS OM100, OM302, OM509 AND OM1219 TUG BOAT (SELAT STORM) REPORTED INVOLVED IN A SECURITY INCIDENT AND SUNK IN 26-22.55N 056-20.47E APPROXIMATELY 0.6NM WEST JAZIRAT UM AL GHANAM MARINERS CAUTION — 300300 UTC OCT 2026

Region:NAVAREA IXStatus:activeValid:30 Oct 2026 to until cancelledCategories:generalGeometry tier:A · EXPLICIT

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NAVAREA IX 425/26
STRAIT OF HORMUZ
CHARTS BA 2851, 2888, 3172, 3409, OMAN CHARTS OM100, OM302, OM509 AND OM1219

TUG BOAT (SELAT STORM) REPORTED INVOLVED IN A SECURITY INCIDENT AND SUNK IN
26-22.55N 056-20.47E APPROXIMATELY 0.6NM WEST JAZIRAT UM AL GHANAM (.) MARINERS CAUTIONED

300300 UTC OCT 2026

Verbatim as ingested by Helm.Warning from the Pakistan Navy Hydrographic Department (PNHD), the NAVAREA IX area coordinator. Warnings whose coordinates could not be plotted on the map are still published here in full.

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NAVAREA IX 425/26 is a navigational warning for NAVAREA IX (Red Sea / Persian Gulf), broadcast by the Pakistan Navy Hydrographic Department (PNHD) under the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS). Helm.Warning aggregates these broadcasts daily and plots warnings with resolved geometry on the live map.

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