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Maritime Safety Information (MSI)

Chair, WWNWS: Christopher G. Janus  (U.S.A. - NAVAREA IV and XII Coordinator)

The United States (U.S.) is the NAVAREA IV and XII Coordinator and Brazil is the NAVAREA V Coordinator under the IMO/IHO World-Wide Navigational Warning Service (WWNWS), which means the internationally and nationally coordinated service for the promulgation of navigational warnings. As a NAVAREA Coordinator, the U.S. and Brazil have the responsibility for promulgating Maritime Safety Information (MSI) in the form of navigational warnings, from the coastal countries within the NAVAREA. Such information includes the following: failure and/or changes to major navigational aids, newly discovered wrecks or natural hazards including icebergs in or near main shipping lanes, hazardous military operations and areas where search and rescue, anti-pollution operations and cable-laying or other underwater activities are taking place. NAVAREA IV, V, and XII are staffed 24 hours per day, 365 days per year.

Contact details to submit information for inclusion in a Navigational Warning message:

NAVAREA IV or XII :
Phone: 571-557-5455 or 800-362-6289, Email: NavSafety@nga.mil

NAVAREA V:
Phone: 55-21-2189-3210, Email: avradio@marinha.mil.br

The Maritime Safety Information (MSI) Training Matrix below provides a color-coded representation that describes the level of MSI support National Coordinators provide to NAVAREA IV, V and XII. The IHO will use this matrix to identify and prioritize MSI training and support within the MACHC.

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	Country / Territory	MSI STATUS 2022			Country / Territory	MSI STATUS 2022
1	Anguilla			26	Aruba (Netherlands)
2	Antigua & Barbuda			27	Bonaire (Netherlands)
3	Bahamas			28	Curaçao (Netherlands) (NAVTEX Stn)
4	Barbados			29	Saba (Netherlands)
5	Belize			30	Sint Eustatius (Netherlands)
6	Bermuda (NAVTEX Station)			31	Sint Maarten (Netherlands)
7	Brazil (NAVAREA V)			32	Nicaragua
8	Colombia			33	Panama
9	Costa Rica			34	St. Kitts & Nevis
10	Cuba			35	St. Lucia
11	Dominica			36	St. Vincent & Grenadines
12	Dominican Republic			37	Suriname
13	El Salvador			38	Trinidad & Tobago
14	Guadaloupe (France)			39	UK - British Virgin (UK)
15	Guyane (France)			40	UK - Cayman (UK)
16	Martinique (France)			41	UK - Montserrat (UK)
17	Saint-Barthélemy (France)			42	UK - Turks & Caicos (UK)
18	Saint-Martin (France)			43	USA
19	Grenada			44	Puerto Rico (USA)
20	Guatemala			45	US Virgin Islands (USA)
21	Guyana			46	Venezuela
22	Haiti
23	Honduras
24	Jamaica
25	Mexico

MSI STATUS COLOR CODES

Clear: No training, not providing MSI, no point of contact.

Red: Received training, not providing MSI,no regular coordination with national coordinator

Green: Fulfilling all obligations; regular coordination with national coordinator.