Legal
We publish an abridged operational picture built from official notices. It exists to show that we watch the corridors we work in. It does not replace the official sources a yacht must plan against.
DECISION SUPPORT ONLY · NOT A NAVIGATIONAL WARNING SERVICE
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The Situation Room and intelligence pages show abridged updates written from notices published by official maritime authorities and coalition organisations. Each update carries its event type, position where the source gives one, a time stamp and a link to the originating notice.
The abridged wording is ours. The underlying notice is the evidence. Where we cannot extract substantive operational content from a source, we do not publish an update for it.
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This site is not a navigational warning service, a distress channel or a substitute for official broadcasts. Nothing here should be used as the primary basis for voyage planning, routeing or risk assessment.
Yachts must plan against official sources: NAVAREA and HYDROLANT/HYDROPAC warnings, NAVTEX and Safety NET broadcasts, coastal state notices, canal and port authority instructions, and the relevant naval reporting authority for the corridor concerned.
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Feeds are collected several times a day. Sources are published at intervals set by the issuing body, are sometimes delayed, and are sometimes withdrawn or corrected after publication.
Absence of an update for an area does not mean the area is quiet. It may mean no source has published, or that a source was unreachable at the time of collection.
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Positions on the map come from coordinates given in the source notice, or from a named place or bearing stated in the notice resolved against a fixed maritime reference list. We do not estimate or invent coordinates. Notices without usable position information appear in the feed but not on the map.
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The master remains in command and is responsible for the safety of the yacht, her crew and her passengers, including any decision to sail, divert, alter routeing or remain in port. Our briefings and updates are decision support, not instructions.
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In an emergency, contact the relevant rescue coordination centre and naval reporting authority for your area first. Then call our 24/7 line on +49 178 6524002 or WhatsApp +49 1521 3577133 so we can work the shore side.