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NAVTEX is an international automated direct-printing service for promulgation of navigational and meteorological warnings and other urgent information to ships. It is one of the two principle methods used for broadcasting maritime safety information in accordance with the provisions of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea, 1974, as amended.  It has been developed to provide a low-cost, simple and automated means of receiving maritime safety information and Search and Rescue alerts on board ships at sea and in coastal waters. The information transmitted may be relevant to all sizes and types of vessel and the selective message-rejection feature ensures that every mariner can receive safety information broadcasts which are relevant to their voyage.

Basic concept of the Navtex System





These web pages is a free non-commercial resource service to all mariners and other interested parties who want an easy access to Navtex messages. Many ships and boats have internet today but not all of them have a good Navtex receiver and least but no last, a GOOD antenna. The site is an alternative way of still being able to access Navtex messages for those mariners without adequate long range Navtex equipment.

The site is also a Navtex ARCHIVE. It will always contain the latest Navtex messages, but in addition older Navtex messages can be found here too. The archive is organized such as that all Navtex messages are grouped in subfolders, one subfolder for each day. This goes on for a month. A full month will then contain daily folders from 28-31 subfolders, one for each day in that particular month. Each time a new month starts, then all the daily subfolders with Navtex messages for the previous month will be grouped under a new parent folder with the appropriate month's name. Each time a new year starts, then all the twelve monthly subfolders for the previous year will be grouped under a new parent folder with the appropriate year's number.

By this organization finding any historical Navtex message in the old archives should be rather easy. I hope this Navtex archive can be of value to all mariners like Seamen, Fishermen, Sailors and owners of pleasure crafts. I also hope the archive can be of value for the authorities, VTS-Services, port authorities, pilots etc.



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Internet, including this site is just a backup (and historical Navtex archive).


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Navtex Worldwide Navareas

The Atlantic & Barents Sea Navtex station list

B1 Station Id

Country

Station

Range

Operational

Latitude

Longitude

A

Norway / France

Svalbard (XIX) / Cross Corsen (II)

450

yes

78° 3'N

13° 36'E

B

Norway

Bodø ((XIX)

450

yes

67° 16'N

14° 23'E

C

Norway

Vardo (XIX)

450

yes

70° 22'N

31° 6'E

D

Faroe Islands /Spain

Torshavn (I) / Coruna (II)

250

yes

62° 1'N

6° 48'W

E

United Kingdom

Niton (I)

270

yes

50° 35'N

1° 18'W

F

Azorez

Horta (II)

300

yes

64° 51'N

40° 17'E

G

United Kingdom

Cullercoats (I)

270

yes

55° 2'N

1° 26'W

H

Sweden

Bjuröklubb (I)

300

yes

64° 28'N

21° 36'E

I

Sweden / Can. Isl.

Grimeton (I) / Las Palmas (II)

300

yes

57° 6'N

12° 23'E

J

Sweden / Bulgaria

Gislövshammer (I) / Varna (III)

300

yes

55° 29'N

14° 19'E

K

UK / Russia

Niton (I) / Murmansk (XX)

270

yes

50° 35'N

1° 18'W

L

Norway / Russia

Rogaland (I) & Tjøme (I) / Arkhangelsk (XX)

150

yes

59° 26'N

10° 34'E

M

Norway / Russia

Jeløya (I) / Dikson (XX)

450

yes

58° 39'N

5° 36'E

N

Norway / Russia

Ørlandet (I) / Mys Sterlegova (XX)

450

yes

63° 39'N

9° 32'E

O

UK / Malta

Portpatrick (I) / Malta (III)

270

yes

54° 51'N

5° 7'W

P

Netherlands

Netherlands Coastguard Radio (I)

110

yes

52° 5'N

4° 15'E

Q

Ireland / Croatia

Malin Head (I) / Split (III)

400

yes

55° 22'N

7° 21'W

R

Iceland / Portugal

Saudanes (I) / Monsanto (II)

450

yes

66° 11'N

18° 57'W

S

Germany

Pinneberg (I)

250

yes

53° 40'N

9° 48'E

T

Belgium

Oostende (I)

55

yes

51° 11'N

2° 48'E

U

Estonia / Italy

Tallinn Radio (I) / Mondolfo (III)

250

yes

59° 27'N

24° 21'E

V

Belgium / Italy

Oostende, Thames (I) /Sellia Marina(III)

150

yes

51° 11'N

2° 48'E

W

Ireland / France

Valentia (I) / Cross La Garde (III)

400

yes

51° 27'N

9° 49'W

X

Iceland / Spain

Grindavik (I) / Valencia (III)

450

yes

63° 47'N

22° 31'W
Navtex Stations Transmission Time Slots

Transmitter
identification
character (B1)


Transmisson start times (UTC)

A

00:00

04:00

08:00

12:00

16:00

20:00

B

00:10

04:10

08:10

12:10

16:10

20:10

C

00:20

04:20

08:20

12:20

16:20

20:20

D

00:30

04:30

08:30

12:30

16:30

20:30

E

00:40

04:40

08:40

12:40

16:40

20:40

F

00:50

04:50

08:50

12:50

16:50

20:50

G

01:00

05:00

09:00

13:00

17:00

21:00

H

01:10

05:10

09:10

13:10

17:10

21:10

I

01:20

05:20

09:20

13:20

17:20

21:20

J

01:30

05:30

09:30

13:30

17:30

21:30

K

01:40

05:40

09:40

13:40

17:40

21:40

L

01:50

05:50

09:50

13:50

17:50

21:50

M

02:00

06:00

10:00

14:00

18:00

22:00

N

02:10

06:10

10:10

14:10

18:10

22:10

O

02:20

06:20

10:20

14:20

18:20

22:20

P

02:30

06:30

10:30

14:30

18:30

22:30

Q

02:40

06:40

10:40

14:40

18:40

22:40

R

02:50

06:50

10:50

14:50

18:50

22:50

S

03:00

07:00

11:00

15:00

19:00

23:00

T

03:10

07:10

11:10

15:10

19:10

23:10

U

03:20

07:20

11:20

15:20

19:20

23:20

V

03:30

07:30

11:30

15:30

19:30

23:30

W

03:40

07:40

11:40

15:40

19:40

23:40

X

03:50

07:50

11:50

15:50

19:50

23:50

Subject indicator character (B2)

Subject indicator character (B2)


Subject (message type)

A

Navigational warnings

B

Meteorological warnings

C

Ice reports

D

Search & rescue information, and pirate warnings

E

Meteorological forecasts

F

Pilot service messages

G

AIS messages

H

LORAN messages

I

Not used

J

SATNAV messages (i.e. GPS or GLONASS)

K

Other electronic navaid messages

L

Navigational warnings - additional to letter A

M

Not used

N

Not used

O

Not used

P

Not used

Q

Not used

R

Not used

S

Not used

T

Test transmissions (UK only - not official)

U

Not used

V

Notice to fishermen (U.S. only - currently not used)

W

Environmental (U.S. only - currently not used)

X

Special services - allocation by IMO NAVTEX Panel

Y

Special services - allocation by IMO NAVTEX Panel

Z

No message on hand
The subject indicator character is used by the receiver to identify different classes of messages above. The indicator is also used to reject messages concerning certain optional subjects which are not required by the ship (e.g. LORAN C messages might be rejected in a ship which is not fitted with a LORAN C receiver).

 
 
Example of a typical Navtex message

Navtex received (UTC):
2013-11-15 01:02:03

ZCZC LA83

150102 UTC NOV 13
DANISH NAV WARN 999/13
 SKAGERAK.JAMMERBUGT
FISHING VESSEL SUNK 57-18.32N 008-57.6E
DEPTH ABOVE WRECK UNKNOWN
NNNN

A0000
www.navtex.net

Message description:
Navtex received (UTC): 2013-11-15 01:02:03 = Shortwave receive UTC date and time, just an info header and not part of the actual received Navtex message
ZCZC = Start of Navtex message
L = B1 Station Id (example above "L" = Rogaland
A = B2 Message Subject (example above "A" = Navigational Warning)
83 = B3, B4 Serialnumber for each B2 message (example above, Navigational Warning no. 83 from Rogaland Radio)
150102 = DayhourMinute
UTC = Universal Coordinated Time (same as GMT - Greenwich Meantime)
DES = Month (Desember/December)
13 = Year (not day)
<Message Body>
NNNN = End of Navtex message
From the 15'th November - 2013, a new error indicator is appended at the bottom of each message (not part of the actual received Navtex message)
A000 - A255 = Error indicator. A000 means no errors. Higher numbers means more errors
www.navtex.net = Received by


 
 

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