Urgent Nav Alerts

MD: Patapsco River, Francis Scott Key Bridge Safety Zone, Recreational Vessel One-Way Transit

  • Date Reported: Apr 19, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: CG SEC MD-NCR MSIB 041-24
  • Description:
    The Captain of the Port (COTP) has established a transit plan to afford recreational vessels the opportunity fortransit through the Key Bridge Response Safety Zone....
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  • Lat / Lon: N 39° 13.149' / W 076° 30.829'

Tombigbee River, Demopolis Lock, Closed until June - UPDATE

  • Date Reported: Apr 17, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: USACE Mobile 24-02
  • Description:
    4/17/2024:First pour was successful and second pour scheduled for Friday, 4/19. If successful, additional pours will occur every three days. Reopening still the end of...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 32° 31.224' / W 087° 52.887'

MD: Patapsco River, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Temporary Alternate Channels Update

  • Date Reported: Apr 9, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: CG SEC Maryland-NCR MSIB 039-24
  • Description:
    The Captain of the Port (COTP) has established two temporary alternate channels for commercially essentialvessels: the Sollers Point Temporary Alternate Channel is located on the...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 39° 13.116' / W 076° 31.775'

BA: Whale Cay Cut Sunken Sailboat

  • Date Reported: Mar 27, 2024
  • Reporter: Addison Chan
  • Source: Facebook
  • Description:
    Long Run an 36' mono-hull sailboat broached in heavy seas at the Whale Cay Cut and sank on March 26, 2024. The top of the...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 26° 43.061' / W 077° 14.876'

MD: Chesapeake Bay, Patapsco River, Francis Scott Key Bridge, Safety Zone

  • Date Reported: Mar 26, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: CG Sector MD-NCR, MSIB 036-24
  • Description:
    Effective immediately a safety zone is established for all navigable waters of the Chesapeake Bay within a 2000-yard radius of the Francis Scott Key Bridge....
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  • Lat / Lon: N 39° 12.956' / W 076° 31.631'

VA: Albemarle & Chesapeake Canal, North Landing Bridge, Adjusted Bridge Opening

  • Date Reported: Mar 15, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: SEC VA MSIB 166-24
  • Description:
    Effective immediately, the North Landing Bridge, Mile Marker 20.2 on the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway, will have an adjusted operating schedule due to on-going mechanical issues....
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  • Lat / Lon: N 36° 43.093' / W 076° 06.061'

SC: Beaufort River, Lady's Island Bridge, Temporary Deviation

  • Date Reported: Mar 6, 2024
  • Reporter: Ted Stehle
  • Source: CG SEC Charleston MSIB 06-24
  • Description:
    The Lady’s Island (Woods Memorial) Bridge across the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway (Beaufort River), mile 536.0, in Beaufort, South Carolina, has an approved temporary deviation to...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 32° 25.660' / W 080° 40.209'

BA: Kidd Cove - George Town .Two large boulders have fallen off of a barge

  • Date Reported: Jan 30, 2024
  • Reporter: Addison Chan
  • Source: sv Tackless Too via Facebook
  • Description:
    Two large boulders that were intended for the construction of the breakwater leading into Exuma Yacht club have fallen off of a construction barge. The...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 23° 30.295' / W 075° 45.918'

BA: Hog Cay, Sunken Excavator

  • Date Reported: Jan 18, 2024
  • Reporter: Addison Chan
  • Source: Facebook
  • Description:
    The hazard is an excavator that fell off a barge doing earthworks for a construction project on Hog Cay. It is identified with a plastic...
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  • Lat / Lon: N 23° 24.931' / W 075° 29.786'