URGENT/NC - BARDEN INLET /SHOALING/SEC NC BNM 136-19

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 04/15/2019 09:22 AM EDT

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SEC NC BNM 136-19

NC  BARDEN INLET  ATON / SHOALING

MARINERS ARE ADVISED THAT SIGNIFICANT SHOALING EXISTS IN BARDEN INLET AND BACK SOUND BETWEEN BARDEN INLET BUOY 8 (LLNR 29180) AND BARDEN INLET BUOY 15 (LLNR 29210) TO AN AVERAGE CHANNEL DEPTH OF LESS THAN 3 FEET AT MLW.  UNDER THE CURRENT CONDITION OF THE INLET, THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION CAN NO LONGER BE CONFIGURED TO SAFELY MARK A PASSABLE CHANNEL AND THE AIDS TO NAVIGATION WILL BE DISCONTINUED. TWO DANGER SHOAL BUOYS WILL BE PLACED AT EACH END OF THE REMOVED SECTION. MARINERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE NAVIGATING THIS AREA.

THIS MESSAGE IS PART OF A PILOT PROJECT. SEVERAL FORMAT CHANGES WILL BE EVALUATED AS PART OF THIS EFFORT. INFORMATION ON THE CHANGES CAN BE FOUND HERE: https://www.navcen.uscg.gov/pdf/bnm/bnmsubjectlineformatchange.pdf

FOR MORE INFORMATION REGARDING THE MSI PILOT PROJECT, VISIT: https://navcen.uscg.gov/?pageName=displaydownloads and select the MSI Data Downloads tab

THIS MESSAGE FORMAT DOES NOT REPLACE VOICE BROADCASTS, ALWAYS MONITOR VHF CHANNEL 16 FOR OFFICIAL MESSAGE DISSEMINATION.