Seismic survey in progress until 10 jul by M/V fugro galaxy towing 1500 meter long cable in area bound by…
Norwegian Sea · HYDROARC 115/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-07-05 18:55Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XIX 66/16 271830Z JUN 16.. Issued 2016-06-27 19:05Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Norwegian Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Seismic survey in progress until 29 jun by M/V fugro galaxy towing 1500 meter long cable in area bound by…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROARC 115/16 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
- issued
- 2016-06-27 19:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIX 66/16 271830Z JUN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 71.339, 20.310
- vessel
- M/V FUGRO GALAXY · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. NORWEGIAN SEA. NORWAY. DNC 22. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 10 JUL BY M/V FUGRO GALAXY TOWING 1500 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 71-17.6N 019-57.5E, 71-27.5N 020-24.0E, 71-24.9N 020-33.9E, 71-19.9N 020-34.3E, 71-15.0N 020-20.4E, 71-14.9N 020-06.2E. 1.5 MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROARC 85/16. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 JUL 16.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROARC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Arctic Ocean.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
46 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Cable operations in progress until 05 nov by cableship ile de batz along tracklines joining: a. 72-22.4N…2021-10-16
- Cable operations in progress until 05 nov by cableship ile de batz along tracklines joining: a: 72-22.4N…2021-09-03
- Cable operations 080600Z may thru 282359Z jun by cableship ile de batz in vicinity of trackline joining…2021-05-06
- Seismic survey in progress until 20 nov by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 8000 meter long cables in area…2016-11-05
- Seismic survey in progress until 20 nov by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 8000 meter long cables in area…2016-11-04
- Seismic survey 20 sep thru 02 nov by M/V bgp prospector towing ten 8000 meter long cables in area bound by…2016-09-18
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 00:07Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.