Seismic survey 21 oct until further notice by M/V professor kurentsov towing 8100 meter long cable in area…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 307/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-11-25 17:39Z
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 XX 189/16 181730Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-18 18:10Z. 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
- Barentsz 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
- Cancel HYDROARC 295/16, 307/16 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-10-18 18:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 189/16 181730Z OCT 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 68.556, 50.023
- vessel
- M/V PROFESSOR KURENTSOV · 29 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. BARENTS SEA. DNC 22. SEISMIC SURVEY 21 OCT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V PROFESSOR KURENTSOV TOWING 8100 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 68-12.62N 047-18.85E, 68-39.78N 048-28.05E, 68-42.52N 049-21.92E, 69-04.38N 050-24.80E, 69-11.72N 050-21.37E, 69-30.05N 051-15.03E, 69-30.05N 051-45.02E, 68-56.17N 051-45.00E, 68-55.98N 052-00.20E, 68-35.47N 052-16.92E, 67-45.18N 048-46.28E. EIGHT MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
12 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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 30 nov by cableship yauza in area bound by 69-12.9N 035-02.9E, 69-16.9N…2021-11-09
- Cable operations in progress until 30 nov by cableship northern wave in areas bound by: a. 69-12.9N…2018-09-06
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V sleipner in area bound by 68-12.6N 047-18.9E,…2016-10-11
- Seismic survey 28 jul until further notice by M/V professer kurentsov towing 8100 meter long cable in area…2016-07-25
- Seismic survey 09 jul thru 15 aug by M/V akademik nemchinov towing 6400 meter long cable in area bound by…2016-07-06
- Seismic survey 31 oct until further notice by M/V professor kurentsov in area bound by 68-14.00N 048-52.00E,…2015-10-29
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:48Z; 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.