{"id":1288,"date":"2026-11-09T03:35:23","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T03:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/irakleio-1404-26-sets-a-2-nm-kobi-ruegg-fiber-optic-track-through-11-november\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T03:35:23","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T03:35:23","slug":"irakleio-1404-26-sets-a-2-nm-kobi-ruegg-fiber-optic-track-through-11-november","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/irakleio-1404-26-sets-a-2-nm-kobi-ruegg-fiber-optic-track-through-11-november\/","title":{"rendered":"Irakleio 1404-26 sets a 2 NM Kobi Ruegg fiber-optic track through 11 November"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Irakleio Radio has now printed an official NAVWARN against a named hull on a five-day underwater fiber-optic survey track in the southeast Cretan Sea, not a reprint of Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated Abeille Marengo cable line and not a second Drapano FORACS box. The working primary is official Irakleio Radio NAVWARN 1404\/26, broadcast as ZCZC HA95 050930 UTC NOV 26 and still listed on the 071710 UTC 7 November in-force summary: 1. SOUTHEAST CRETAN SEA UNDERWATER SURVEY FOR FIBER OPTIC CABLE INSTALLATION BY THE VESSEL \u2018KOBI RUEGG\u2019. THE SURVEY WILL TAKE PLACE IN AREAS FALLING WITHIN THE GREEK EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE AND CONTINENTAL SHELF FROM 07 NOV 26 UNTIL 11 NOV 26 IN THE LINE BETWEEN THE POINTS: 34 10.53N 026-32.39E \/ 34-16.33N 027-03.88E \/ 34-17.89N 027-27.64E \/ 34-27.93N 027-48.71E \/ 34-42.70N 028-22.86E \/ 34-49.21N 028-45.51E \/ 34-45.81N 029-14.52E \/ 34-46.09N 029-28.46E \/ 34-49.45N 029-35.23E \/ 34-49.60N 029-53.55E \/ 34-47.22N 029-58.53E AND IN THE LINE BETWEEN THE POINTS: 34-30.93N 026-19.19E \/ 34-42.95N 026-56.42E \/ 34-42.85N 027-15.83E \/ 34-39.38N 027-27.24E \/ 34-39.36N 027-32.65E \/ 34-53.56N 028-07.78E \/ 35-01.61N 028-21.95E \/ 35-02.02N 028-34.32E \/ 35-01.03N 028-38.39E \/ 35-02.00N 028-44.85E \/ 35-07.46N 028-53.98E \/ 35-09.05N 028-59.96E \/ 35-06.03N 029-53.97E. SAFETY DISTANCE REQUIRED 2 NM. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG ON 112200 UTC NOV 26. Official wording keeps the opening quote and missing close-quote on KOBI RUEGG, the FIBER OPTIC spelling, and the Greek exclusive economic zone and continental shelf sentence. Industry coastal reprints and SeaLagom carry the same two lines, the same 2 NM safety distance and the same 112200 UTC 11 November kill. That is the product.<\/p>\n<p>That is the working primary. Monday morning\u2019s product is a named-hull survey track with a printed two-nautical-mile safety distance, not a rewrite of Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated 1411\/26 ABEILLE MARENGO 21-point research line, not a reprint of Saturday\u2019s dedicated 1342\/26 FORACS box off Drapano Point, and not a second South Aegean NG SURVEYOR file. It names the sea. It names an underwater survey for fiber-optic cable installation. It names \u2018KOBI RUEGG\u2019. It names the Greek EEZ and continental shelf. It names 7 November 2026 to 11 November 2026. It names two polylines. It names a 2 NM safety distance. It names a cancel of 112200 UTC 11 November 2026. It does not name an IMO number. It does not name an MMSI, a flag, a call sign, a RAM line, a VHF working channel, a daily hour window, a fishing ban, or a port closure. Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated 1411\/26 remains ABEILLE MARENGO, research operation for underwater cable installation, 6 November 2026 to 6 March 2027, 21-point line from 35-24.98 N 024-56.13 E to 34-09.68 N 030-04.31 E, 2 NM wide berth, cancel 062200 UTC 6 March 2027. Saturday\u2019s dedicated 1342\/26 remains CRETAN SEA. CRETE ISLAND. DRAPANO POINT. FORACS CHECKS, 9\u201313 November, 0600Z\u20131600Z each day, eight-point box, crossing prohibited. Wednesday morning\u2019s dedicated 1336\/26 remains NG SURVEYOR, 21-point South Aegean geophysical line from 5 November, wide berth requested, no printed end. Those products sit on different geometries. Masters who brief Monday morning as Abeille Marengo renamed, as a fiber conversion of the four-month power-cable track, as FORACS moved south onto a survey ship, or as a closed Cretan Sea will have merged a five-day 2 NM track onto three other series.<\/p>\n<h2>What the warning actually printed<\/h2>\n<p>The hydrographic text is short and is the working primary. Irakleio Radio NAVWARN 1404\/26. Issued 050930 UTC 5 November 2026. Southeast Cretan Sea. Underwater survey for fiber-optic cable installation by the vessel \u2018KOBI RUEGG\u2019. The survey will take place in areas falling within the Greek exclusive economic zone and continental shelf from 7 November 2026 until 11 November 2026 in the two lines between the points listed above. Safety distance required, 2 NM. Cancel this message on 112200 UTC 11 November 2026. Stay with that wording. Irakleio printed a hull name. It printed an underwater-survey sentence. It printed a fiber-optic-cable-installation purpose. It printed a Greek EEZ and continental shelf clause. It printed a five-day window. It printed two polylines. It printed a numeric safety distance. It printed a cancel DTG. It did not print an IMO number. It did not print an MMSI, a flag, a call sign, a length, or a ship type. It did not print \u201claying,\u201d \u201cburial,\u201d \u201ctrenching,\u201d \u201cROV,\u201d or an East-to-Med Corridor project name. It did not print restricted-in-ability-to-manoeuvre. It did not print a VHF channel. It did not print daily hours. It did not close Heraklion, Sitia, Kasos, Karpathos, Rhodes or Limassol. Do not invent a five-cable halo. 1404\/26 prints two nautical miles. Do not invent a 6 March 2027 end date. That end belongs to dedicated 1411\/26, not to this track. Do not invent a 13 November kill. That window belongs to dedicated 1342\/26\u2019s last FORACS day, not to this survey ship. Give the hull, the two lines, the 2 NM safety distance, and 112200 UTC 11 November 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The geometry is the first briefing fact. Line one opens at 34-10.53 N 026-32.39 E, south of eastern Crete, and runs east-northeast through 34-27.93 N 027-48.71 E, 34-49.21 N 028-45.51 E and 34-49.60 N 029-53.55 E before finishing at 34-47.22 N 029-58.53 E. Line two opens at 34-30.93 N 026-19.19 E, a short step west and north of line one\u2019s start, and runs east through 34-42.95 N 026-56.42 E, 35-01.61 N 028-21.95 E and 35-09.05 N 028-59.96 E before finishing at 35-06.03 N 029-53.97 E. That is a compact pair of coastal-to-offshore tracks on the order of 180 nautical miles of longitude, from the southeast Cretan Sea face toward the eastern Mediterranean west of Cyprus, not a closed box and not a South Aegean survey. Dedicated 1411\/26\u2019s Abeille Marengo line sits further north at the western end, opening at 35-24.98 N 024-56.13 E, and finishes at 34-09.68 N 030-04.31 E, a few miles south of 1404\/26\u2019s eastern ends. Dedicated 1342\/26\u2019s Drapano eight-point box sits around 35-28 N 024-20 E, west of this pair and inside a 9\u201313 November daytime FORACS window. Dedicated 1336\/26\u2019s NG SURVEYOR line sits between about 37-45 N 023-07 E and 37-14 N 025-40 E, three degrees north of this track. 1404\/26 is none of those. Plot both lines. Give 2 NM from the ship on those lines. Do not treat the Cretan Sea, the Kasos Strait or the eastern Mediterranean as closed. Do not invent a corridor width beyond the printed 2 NM from the ship.<\/p>\n<p>The clock is the second briefing fact. Irakleio prints from 7 November 2026 until 11 November 2026, cancel 112200 UTC 11 November 2026. The broadcast DTG is 050930 UTC 5 November. The 071710 UTC 7 November Irakleio in-force summary still lists 1404 among the 2026 numbers in force. Those match a five-day survey window that opened on Friday and is still live this Monday morning, with Tuesday and Wednesday still inside the printed window. A passage plan that treats the track as starting on 9 November because dedicated 1342\/26 and dedicated 201\/26 open that morning has borrowed a FORACS clock and a Zakynthos clock. A passage plan that kills 1404\/26 at 1600 UTC on 13 November because 1342\/26\u2019s last daily window ends then has under-read an 11 November cancel. A passage plan that kills it at 062200 UTC 6 March 2027 because dedicated 1411\/26 dies then has merged a four-month power-cable track onto a five-day fiber-optic survey. Hold 7 November 2026 as the start. Hold 112200 UTC 11 November 2026 as the kill. Do not invent daily hours. 1404\/26 does not print 0600Z\u20131600Z. Do not invent a 6 March 2027 kill from 1411\/26.<\/p>\n<p>The 2 NM safety distance is the third briefing fact. Safety distance required, 2 NM. That matches Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated 1411\/26 numeric berth and is tighter than Wednesday morning\u2019s dedicated 1336\/26, which requested a wide berth and printed no number. It is not dedicated 1342\/26\u2019s crossing prohibition on a box. It is not wrap 1409\/26\u2019s \u201cavoid crossing\u201d on a firing-exercise body. Do not convert 2 NM from the ship into a 2 NM corridor around both polylines as a closed fishing ban. The notice requires 2 NM from the survey. Do not invent RAM. Do not invent a VHF working channel. Do not invent a numeric harbour berth in Sitia. Give two nautical miles from KOBI RUEGG on the printed lines.<\/p>\n<p>The missing IMO, flag, RAM and project-name lines are omissions, not a completed cable-laying order. Industry colour that names the East-to-Med Corridor, EMC, or a Saudi landing stays colour. 1404\/26 printed none of those names. A Cyprus Radio NAVTEX that industry reprints have tied to the same hull inside the Republic of Cyprus EEZ, with a window running past 1404\/26\u2019s 11 November kill, remains colour this run, unused as a dedicated Cyprus conversion; do not promote a Cyprus serial, an MMSI, or a 15 November kill onto the Irakleio body. Official Cyprus 345\/26 remains a different hull family: VB ABEILLE MARENGO, MMSI 228505700, call sign FPEI, geological survey in the Cyprus EEZ from 19 November 2026 until 19 March 2027, unused as dedicated. Do not collapse 345\/26 onto 1404\/26. Do not collapse 1404\/26 onto 1411\/26 as a completed Cyprus naming.<\/p>\n<h2>What this is not, and the same-sea hydrographic colour<\/h2>\n<p>This is not a rewrite of NAVWARN 1411\/26, and it is not Abeille Marengo renamed as a fiber-optic ship. Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated Irakleio piece remains: EAST CRETAN SEA, SOUTHEAST CRETAN SEA, EAST MEDITERRANEAN SEA. Research operation for underwater cable installation by \u2018ABEILLE MARENGO\u2019 from 6 November 2026 until 6 March 2027, 21-point line from 35-24.98 N 024-56.13 E to 34-09.68 N 030-04.31 E, wide berth requested 2 NM, cancel 062200 UTC 6 March 2027. Official wording on that file also keeps an opening quote. 1411\/26 did not print a Greek EEZ clause. 1404\/26 did. 1411\/26 is a four-month research track on a different hull, a different 21-point list, and a March cancel. 1404\/26 is a five-day fiber-optic survey on KOBI RUEGG, two lines, kill 112200 UTC 11 November. A master shaping the southeast Cretan Sea this week may owe both: 2 NM from ABEILLE MARENGO on the 1411\/26 line, and 2 NM from KOBI RUEGG on the 1404\/26 pair. Those can be the same morning. They are not the same product. Do not brief Monday morning as \u201c1411 became a fiber survey.\u201d Do not drop 1411\/26 because 1404\/26 exists. Do not invent a 6 March overlay on 1404\/26 because 1411\/26 prints one. NAVAREA III 0171\/26 remains wrap on dedicated 1411\/26: coordinator listing, cable operations by Abeille Marengo, IMO 9388613, eastern Mediterranean, cancel 6 March 2027 22:00. Do not promote IMO 9388613 onto 1404\/26.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a rewrite of NAVWARN 1342\/26, and it is not a FORACS box converted into a survey ship. Saturday\u2019s dedicated Hellenic piece remains: CRETAN SEA. CRETE ISLAND. DRAPANO POINT. Prohibition of crossing boats due to FORACS checks. From 9 until 13 November 2026. From 0600Z until 1600Z of each day, eight-point box around 35-28 N 024-20 E, crossing prohibited. Official Irakleio 1407\/26 reprints that Drapano check with cancel 131700 UTC 13 November \u2014 wrap on dedicated 1342\/26, unused as a second FORACS piece. That box sits west of 1404\/26\u2019s first points. 9\u201313 November is a five-day daytime check that overlaps 1404\/26\u2019s last three days. A master shaping north Crete today may owe 1342\/26 a prohibited box by day, and a master shaping 34-30 N 026-20 E still owes 1404\/26 two nautical miles from KOBI RUEGG. Do not brief Monday morning as \u201c1342 became a survey ship.\u201d Do not drop 1342\/26 because 1404\/26 exists. Do not invent a 0600Z\u20131600Z overlay on 1404\/26 because 1342\/26 prints one.<\/p>\n<p>This is not a rewrite of NAVWARN 1336\/26, and it is not NG SURVEYOR renamed. Wednesday morning\u2019s dedicated Hellenic piece remains: SOUTH AIGAIO SEA, geophysical survey by \u2018NG SURVEYOR, 21-point line from 37-45.18 N 023-07.12 E to 37-14.38 N 025-40.47 E, from 5 November 2026, wide berth requested, no printed end. 1404\/26 is a different hull, a different sea tag, two different polylines, a printed 2 NM, a printed EEZ clause, and a printed 11 November cancel. Do not brief Monday morning as \u201cNG SURVEYOR moved south.\u201d Do not apply 1336\/26\u2019s missing end date to 1404\/26. Do not apply 1404\/26\u2019s 2 NM to 1336\/26.<\/p>\n<p>This is not dedicated Irakleio 1409\/26, and it is not a Plateia firing filed again. Saturday morning\u2019s dedicated piece remains: SARONIKOS GULF, extension of activation of firing practice area \u2018PLATEIA\u2019 on 9 November 2026 0400\u20131700 UTC and on 16 November 2026 0400\u20131700 UTC, four-point box around 37-47 N 023-22 E, avoid crossing, cancel 16 November 2026 1800 UTC. Official wording keeps FIRNG. That box sits in the Saronic, three degrees north and three degrees west of 1404\/26. 9 November is one of Plateia\u2019s two days and the third day of 1404\/26. A Saronic firing is not a southeast Cretan survey. Do not collapse them.<\/p>\n<p>This is not wrap 1343\/26, and it is not a 8 November Fournoi firing. Official HNHS 1343\/2026 remains wrap: SAMOS SEA. FOURNOI ISLANDS. FIRING EXERCISES. FROM 080600Z TO 081500Z NOV 26, four corners around 37-32 N 026-30 E, avoid crossing. That window is now past 081500Z 8 November. Dedicated Kerkyra 201\/26 remains the Zakynthos live-firing box through 130830 UTC 13 November. Official HNHS 1352\/2026, English board 8 November, NORTHEAST KRITIKO SEA. NORTH MOLE HEAD OF SITEIA PORT. FLASHING GREEN LIGHT IN POSITION 35 12 28N 026 06 39E UNLIT, remains unused as dedicated. Official HNHS 1353\/2026, English board 8 November, IONIO SEA. KEFALLINIA ISL. POROS PORT NE MOLE HEAD. FLASHING RED LIGHT IN POSITION 38 08 59N 020 46 56E UNLIT, remains unused as dedicated. Official HNHS 1338\/26, 1339\/26 and 1351\/26 remain unused unlit lights. 1345\/26, 1347\/26 and 1350\/26 remain wrap. Do not collapse an unlit Sitia light onto KOBI RUEGG. Do not collapse KOBI RUEGG onto an unlit light.<\/p>\n<p>This is not official Cyprus 345\/26, and it is not a completed EEZ geological-survey naming on Abeille Marengo. Official 345\/26 remains unused as dedicated: M\/V \u201cVB ABEILLE MARENGO\u201d, MMSI 228505700, call sign FPEI, geological survey operations within the Republic of Cyprus EEZ from 19 November 2026 until 19 March 2027, eighteen-point box, 2 NM from the ship, cancel 200001 UTC 20 March 2027. That window opens eight days after 1404\/26\u2019s kill and names a different hull. Two products, two hulls. Do not collapse Monday morning onto 345\/26. Do not promote MMSI 228505700, FPEI, VB, or \u201cgeological survey\u201d onto 1404\/26. Do not invent a 19 November start on the Irakleio fiber-optic track. Do not invent a 20 March 2027 kill on 1404\/26.<\/p>\n<p>This is not this morning\u2019s other dedicated file, coastal warning 527\/26, and it is not a Taranto submarine box. 527\/26 remains Sierra 733 ALFABRAVODELTA, 090500Z\u2013092359Z 9 November, six-point southern Taranto Gulf box, anchorage, fishing and underwater activities prohibited. A Cretan Sea survey line is not an Italian submarine-ops zone. Keep those numbers on their own sheets. Last night\u2019s dedicated 813\/26 remains the Cape Galata boarding box on 12 November. Dedicated 799\/26 remains Varna port and road on 10 and 13 November. Dedicated 199-26, 200-26, 198-26 and Update 112 remain the Hormuz tape. IMO remains 129 confirmed \/ 25 dead as at 6 November.<\/p>\n<h2>Operational implications<\/h2>\n<p>For a master running south of eastern Crete, the Kasos and Karpathos face, or the eastern Mediterranean west of Cyprus this week, Monday morning is a five-day 2 NM ship-berth problem on a named hull before it is a war-risk rewrite. Irakleio named \u2018KOBI RUEGG\u2019, named an underwater survey for fiber-optic cable installation, named the Greek EEZ and continental shelf, named two lines from 34-10.53 N 026-32.39 E and 34-30.93 N 026-19.19 E to 34-47.22 N 029-58.53 E and 35-06.03 N 029-53.97 E, named 2 NM, and named 112200 UTC 11 November 2026. A 2 NM safety distance under a survey sentence is a live keep-clear for ships that will cross those lines, even when the Hydrographic Service has not printed RAM or daily hours. It is not AIS-optional. It is not a closed sea. It is not 1411\/26\u2019s four-month Abeille Marengo track. It is not 1342\/26\u2019s prohibited FORACS box. A passage plan that only carried Saturday afternoon\u2019s Abeille Marengo line, or that treated the southeast Cretan Sea as empty because 1336\/26 sits three degrees north, has not budgeted a named survey hull from last Friday through Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>The 7\u201313 November Cretan Sea tape is the operational content a DPA has to get right. 1404\/26 occupies the two lines from 7 November through 112200 UTC 11 November. Dedicated 1411\/26 occupies the Abeille Marengo 21-point line from 6 November through 062200 UTC 6 March 2027. Dedicated 1342\/26 occupies the Drapano box 0600Z\u20131600Z each day from 9 to 13 November. Dedicated 1409\/26 occupies Plateia 0400\u20131700 UTC on 9 and 16 November. Dedicated 201\/26 occupies Zakynthos in split morning hours through 130830 UTC 13 November. Dedicated 1336\/26 occupies the South Aegean NG SURVEYOR line from 5 November with no printed end. A master who only plots one \u201cCretan Sea notice\u201d for Monday week has under-read a five-day fiber-optic track, a four-month power-cable track, a five-day FORACS box and a Saronic firing day. Charterers who still treat the eastern Mediterranean as a quiet alternative to Hormuz now have two named 2 NM research tracks across the Crete\u2013Cyprus face, a still-open NG SURVEYOR line in the South Aegean, a 9\u201313 November Drapano prohibition that overlaps this survey\u2019s last three days by day, and a 9 November Zakynthos firing that sits in a different sea. Deviation language that treats 1404\/26 as a closed Cretan Sea has misread a 2 NM ship berth. War-risk underwriters will ask for the 1404\/26 number, the 050930 UTC broadcast, the hull, the two lines, the 2 NM sentence, the Greek EEZ clause, the 112200 UTC 11 November cancel, the missing IMO on the Irakleio body, and a written statement that this notice is not 1411\/26, not 1342\/26, not 1336\/26, not 1409\/26, and not unused 345\/26.<\/p>\n<p>The 9\u201311 November overlap is the operational content that has to be got right today. 1404\/26 is already live and dies at 112200 UTC on Wednesday. Dedicated 1342\/26 opens at 0600Z this morning west of this pair\u2019s first points and runs through 13 November. Dedicated 1411\/26 is already live on a more northerly 21-point line and runs through March. A master shaping 35-28 N 024-20 E by day on 9\u201311 November still owes 1342\/26 a prohibited box. A master shaping 34-30 N 026-20 E still owes 1404\/26 two nautical miles from KOBI RUEGG. A master shaping 35-25 N 024-56 E still owes 1411\/26 two nautical miles from ABEILLE MARENGO. Those can be the same morning. They are not the same product. Do not occupy 34-10.53 N 026-32.39 E as a waiting area for the FORACS window. Do not treat 2 NM as permission to cross the Drapano box. Do not treat KOBI RUEGG\u2019s 11 November kill as an all-clear for Abeille Marengo.<\/p>\n<p>A night transit on the two lines is not a printed all-clear. 1404\/26 prints no daily hours. It does not print 0000\u20130600 UTC as a safe window, and it does not print RAM-off at sunset. Give the printed 2 NM through 112200 UTC Wednesday. Do not linger on the lines as if the notice had printed a working corridor. Do not treat Heraklion, Sitia or Limassol as closed unless those authorities say so. Watch a later Irakleio NAVWARN that moves a point, adds IMO or RAM, or extends past 112200 UTC 11 November 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Keep the dedicated files on their own lines. NAVWARN 1411\/26 remains Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated Abeille Marengo 2 NM cable-research track through 6 March 2027. NAVWARN 1342\/26 remains Saturday\u2019s dedicated Drapano FORACS box through 13 November. NAVWARN 1336\/26 remains Wednesday morning\u2019s dedicated NG SURVEYOR South Aegean line. Irakleio 1409\/26 remains Saturday morning\u2019s dedicated Plateia windows. Kerkyra 201\/26 remains Saturday morning\u2019s dedicated Zakynthos firing through 13 November. Official Irakleio 1407\/26 remains wrap on 1342\/26. Official HNHS 1352\/26 and 1353\/26 remain unused unlit lights. Official HNHS 1338\/26, 1339\/26 and 1351\/26 remain unused unlit lights. Official HNHS 1345\/26, 1347\/26 and 1350\/26 remain wrap. NAVAREA III 0171\/26 remains wrap on dedicated 1411\/26. Cyprus 345\/26 remains unused as dedicated. This morning\u2019s other dedicated file remains coastal warning 527\/26. Last night\u2019s dedicated 813\/26 remains the Cape Galata boarding box on 12 November. Dedicated 799\/26 remains the Varna port-and-road closure on 10 and 13 November. Dedicated 199-26, 200-26, 198-26 and Update 112 remain the Hormuz tape. IMO remains 129 confirmed \/ 25 dead as at 6 November. Do not recast 9 November morning as an Abeille Marengo rewrite, as NG SURVEYOR renamed, as a FORACS conversion, or as a closed eastern Mediterranean.<\/p>\n<h2>What Operators Should Note<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Log 1404\/26 as a named-hull 2 NM fiber-optic survey track, not as an Abeille Marengo rewrite.<\/strong> Official Irakleio Radio NAVWARN 1404\/26, ZCZC HA95 050930 UTC 5 November 2026. SOUTHEAST CRETAN SEA. Underwater survey for fiber-optic cable installation by the vessel \u2018KOBI RUEGG\u2019 from 7 November 2026 until 11 November 2026, in areas falling within the Greek exclusive economic zone and continental shelf. Two lines, 11 points then 13 points, from 34-10.53 N 026-32.39 E and 34-30.93 N 026-19.19 E to 34-47.22 N 029-58.53 E and 35-06.03 N 029-53.97 E. Safety distance required, 2 NM. Cancel 112200 UTC 11 November 2026. Official wording keeps the opening quote on KOBI RUEGG and the FIBER OPTIC spelling. The 071710 UTC 7 November in-force summary still lists 1404. The notice names neither IMO, MMSI, flag, call sign, RAM, VHF, daily hours, fishing ban nor a port closure. This is not 1411\/26, not 1342\/26, not 1336\/26, not 1409\/26, and not unused 345\/26.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold the two lines and the 2 NM ship berth, not a closed sea.<\/strong> Working tracks open south of eastern Crete at 34-10.53 N 026-32.39 E and 34-30.93 N 026-19.19 E and finish near 34-47 N \/ 35-06 N, 029-54 E to 029-59 E, west of Cyprus. Dedicated 1411\/26 remains Abeille Marengo, 21-point line from 35-24.98 N 024-56.13 E to 34-09.68 N 030-04.31 E, 2 NM, through 6 March 2027. Dedicated 1342\/26 remains the eight-point Drapano box around 35-28 N 024-20 E, 9\u201313 November, 0600Z\u20131600Z, crossing prohibited. Dedicated 1336\/26 remains NG SURVEYOR, 37-45 N to 37-14 N. Do not invent a corridor width beyond 2 NM from the ship. Do not treat Heraklion, Sitia, Kasos, Karpathos, Rhodes or Limassol as closed. Do not convert 2 NM into 1342\/26\u2019s crossing-prohibition sentence.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold 7 November 2026 through 112200 UTC 11 November 2026.<\/strong> The broadcast is already live. Three days remain inside the window at this 0330 UTC Monday desk. Do not delay the start to 9 November because 1342\/26 and 201\/26 open then. Do not kill 1404\/26 at 1600 UTC 13 November, at 062200 UTC 6 March 2027, or at 092359 UTC 9 November. Those clocks belong to 1342\/26, 1411\/26 and 0168\/26. Watch a later Irakleio NAVWARN that moves a point, adds IMO or RAM, or extends past 11 November 2026.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carry 1411\/26, 0171\/26 and 345\/26 as separate products, not as 1404\/26 facts.<\/strong> Dedicated 1411\/26 remains Abeille Marengo, four-month research track, 2 NM, cancel 062200 UTC 6 March 2027. NAVAREA III 0171\/26 remains wrap on 1411\/26, unused as a second Abeille Marengo piece; do not promote IMO 9388613 onto 1404\/26. Official Cyprus 345\/26, VB ABEILLE MARENGO, MMSI 228505700, call sign FPEI, geological survey in the Cyprus EEZ, 19 November 2026\u201319 March 2027, 2 NM from the ship, cancel 200001 UTC 20 March 2027, remains unused as dedicated. Do not promote MMSI, FPEI, VB, or \u201cgeological survey\u201d onto 1404\/26. Industry East-to-Med \/ EMC colour stays colour.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Carry the 9\u201311 November Cretan Sea overlap, then kill each notice on its own clock.<\/strong> 1404\/26: 2 NM from KOBI RUEGG, already live through 112200 UTC 11 November. Dedicated 1411\/26: 2 NM from ABEILLE MARENGO, already live through 6 March 2027. Dedicated 1342\/26: Drapano FORACS, 0600Z\u20131600Z 9\u201313 November. Dedicated 1409\/26: Plateia, 0400\u20131700 UTC on 9 and 16 November. Official Irakleio 1407\/26 remains wrap on 1342\/26. Do not merge the fiber-optic track onto the power-cable track, onto the firing, or onto the FORACS box. Do not drop 1411\/26 because 1404\/26 exists. Do not treat 1404\/26\u2019s Wednesday kill as an all-clear for Abeille Marengo.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Hold the Ionian, Black Sea and Hormuz tape on their own sheets.<\/strong> This morning\u2019s other dedicated file remains coastal warning 527\/26, Sierra 733, 0500Z\u20132359Z 9 November. Dedicated 201\/26 remains Zakynthos through 130830 UTC 13 November. Official HNHS 1352\/26 Siteia Port flashing green 35 12 28N 026 06 39E UNLIT and 1353\/26 Poros Port flashing red 38 08 59N 020 46 56E UNLIT remain unused as dedicated. Official HNHS 1338\/26, 1339\/26 and 1351\/26 remain unused unlit lights. Last night\u2019s dedicated 813\/26 remains the Cape Galata boarding box on 12 November. Dedicated 799\/26 remains Varna port and road on 10 and 13 November. Dedicated 199-26 remains the Khasab tanker fire. Dedicated 200-26 remains the outbound Hormuz projectile. Dedicated 198-26 remains the Khor Fakkan bulk carrier. JMIC remains dedicated Update 112. IMO remains 129 \/ 25 as at 6 November. NAVAREA III 0170\/26 and NAVAREA IX 433\/26 remain unused as dedicated. Sightings still go to the CSO; 1404\/26 itself prints no VHF working channel.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Regulas Shipping will keep lining Monday morning\u2019s Irakleio 1404\/26 KOBI RUEGG 2 NM fiber-optic track from 34-10.53 N, 026-32.39 E through 35-06.03 N, 029-53.97 E against Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated 1411\/26 ABEILLE MARENGO line and against Saturday\u2019s dedicated 1342\/26 Drapano FORACS box so operators can treat the southeast Cretan Sea as a five-day named-hull keep-clear, not as a power-cable rewrite, a FORACS conversion, or a closed Mediterranean.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Irakleio Radio has now printed an official NAVWARN against a named hull on a five-day underwater fiber-optic survey track in the southeast Cretan Sea, not a reprint of Saturday afternoon\u2019s dedicated Abeille Marengo cable line and not a second Drapano FORACS box. The working primary is official Irakleio Radio NAVWARN 1404\/26, broadcast as ZCZC HA95 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1286,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,18,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-highlights","category-maritime-industry","category-maritime-security"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1288"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1288\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regulasshipping.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}