Turkey reacted as expected to the departure of the Abeille Marengo from the port of Heraklion, in order to begin surveys for the laying of the Crete-Cyprus power interconnection cable.
The Antalya station issued an illegal and irregular NAVTEX, through which Turkey is attempting to portray itself as the authority authorizing the vessel’s surveys, despite the fact that the permit application has been submitted only to Greece and Cyprus. Following its usual practice, it issued NAVTEX 1127/26, in which it claims that the surveys are being conducted with the consent of the Turkish authorities, in an area under Turkish jurisdiction and on the Turkish continental shelf, as notified to the United Nations in 2020. A Greek counter-NAVTEX is expected to be issued, which will declare the Turkish NAVTEX null and void.
ΣΧΕΤΙΚΑ ΑΡΘΡΑ
The Turkish NAVTEX states the following: “Marine scientific research activities will be conducted along the lines that have been coordinated with the competent Turkish authorities and for which the consent of the Turkish authorities has been secured, within the area of jurisdiction of the Turkish NAVTEX system and on the Turkish continental shelf in the Eastern Mediterranean, the outer limits of which were notified to the United Nations in a letter dated March 18, 2020, reference number A/74/757. These survey activities for the laying of a submarine cable by the vessel ABEILLE MARENGO, during the period from November 10, 2026, to March 19, 2027, will be conducted along the lines connecting the following points.”
The NAVTEX issued by Ankara on Tuesday, November 10:
TURNHOS N/W: 1127/26
MEDITERRANEAN SEA
- MARINE SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH ACTIVITIES WILL BE CONDUCTED ALONG THE LINES COORDINATED WITH THE COMPETENT TURKISH AUTHORITIES AND FOR WHICH THE CONSENT OF THE TURKISH AUTHORITIES HAS BEEN OBTAINED, WITHIN THE TURKISH NAVTEX SERVICE AREA AND ON THE TURKISH CONTINENTAL SHELF IN THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN, THE OUTER LIMITS OF WHICH WERE COMMUNICATED TO THE UNITED NATIONS BY THE LETTER DATED MARCH 18, 2020, REF. NO. A/74/757.
- THE SAID RESEARCH ACTIVITIES FOR UNDERWATER CABLE INSTALLATION BY ABEILLE MARENGO, BETWEEN NOVEMBER 10, 2026, AND MARCH 19, 2027, WILL BE CONDUCTED ALONG THE LINES JOINING THE POSITIONS BELOW:
LINE 1
35 20.46 N – 027 15.61 E
35 19.85 N – 027 25.20 E
35 13.14 N – 027 35.10 E
35 01.94 N – 027 42.89 E
34 47.85 N – 028 10.04 E
34 42.47 N – 028 40.81 E
34 26.64 N – 029 25.47 E
34 23.31 N – 029 32.66 E
34 17.27 N – 029 52.26 E
34 11.80 N – 029 58.14 E
34 11.30 N – 030 05.12 E
34 11.39 N – 030 10.16 E
34 14.77 N – 030 22.77 E
34 16.58 N – 030 47.94 E
34 16.21 N – 031 01.50 E
34 12.98 N – 031 58.64 E
34 11.33 N – 032 12.28 E
34 11.59 N – 032 16.26 E
LINE 2
35 19.06 N – 027 15.23 E
35 18.46 N – 027 24.34 E
35 12.52 N – 027 33.34 E
35 00.55 N – 027 40.43 E
34 45.86 N – 028 08.84 E
34 40.75 N – 028 39.87 E
34 25.15 N – 029 24.13 E
34 21.91 N – 029 31.56 E
34 16.29 N – 029 50.62 E
34 10.31 N – 029 56.42 E
34 08.69 N – 030 03.04 E
34 09.16 N – 030 08.66 E
34 09.41 N – 030 12.39 E
34 11.58 N – 030 25.77 E
34 12.79 N – 030 44.83 E
34 13.69 N – 030 55.76 E
34 13.60 N – 031 07.73 E
34 12.80 N – 031 21.45 E
34 11.13 N – 031 31.70 E
34 08.16 N – 032 15.96 E
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED 2 NM
- CANCEL THIS MESSAGE 200001Z MAR 27
Source: protothema.gr
