Vessels navigating in waters around Taiwan and/or calling at the ports of Keelung, Suao, Taipei, Kaohsiung, Anping, Hoping and Hualien, should be aware of PRC naval exercises taking place from noon on 4 August until noon on 7 August 2022.
All vessels should take alternative routes to avoid the warning zone areas as set out in Notices 256-259 to Mariners from the Maritime and Port Bureau, of the Taiwan Ministry of Transportation and Communications and navigate with vigilance. For ease of reference, as of today the warning zone areas are:
East of Taiwan:
a. N22-56/E122-40
b. N23-38/E122-51
c. N23-38/E123-23
d. N22-56/E123-09
North Zone 1:
a. N25-15-26/E120-29-20
b. N24-50-30/E120-05-45
c. N25-04-32/E119-51-22
d. N25-28-12/E120-14-30
North Zone 2:
a. N26-07/E121-57
b. N25-30/E121-57
c. N25-30/E121-28
d. N26-07/E121-28
North Zone 3:
a. N25-34/E122-50
b. N23-03/E122-50
c. N25-03/E122-11
d. N25-34/E122-11
South Zone 1:
a. N21-14/E121-33
b. N21-33/E121-18
c. N21-07/E120-43
d. N20-48/E120-59
South Zone 2:
a. N22-43/E119-14
b. N22-10/E119-06
c. N21-33/E120-29
d. N22-09/E120-32
An illustrative map of the warning zones is available
here.
Copies of the Notices are available
here in English and
here in Chinese.
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