Geophysical survey 10 jun thru 31 oct by M/V geo caribbean towing ten 8300 meter long cables in area bound…
Barentsz Sea · HYDROARC 67/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-18 08:57Z
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 46/14 090530Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-09 06:57Z. 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 67/14 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2014-06-09 06:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XX 46/14 090530Z JUN 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Barentsz Sea
- position
- 76.379, 56.809
- vessel
- M/V GEO CARIBBEAN · 75 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARCTIC. BARENTS SEA. 1. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY 10 JUN THRU 31 OCT BY M/V GEO CARIBBEAN TOWING TEN 8300 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 76-19.8N 055-14.5E, 76-33.9N 056-04.7E, 76-37.6N 057-17.5E, 76-25.3N 058-22.5E, 76-08.9N 057-15.3E, 76-08.3N 056-24.4E. EIGHT MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 NOV 14.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · tows
4 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.
- Geophysical operations 13 nov until further notice by M/V professor kurentsov towing 100 meter long cable…2015-11-12
- Geophysical operations in progress until further notice by M/V akademik lazarev towing 10000 meter long…2013-05-16
- Geophysical operations in progress until further notice by M/V akademik lazarev towing 10000 meter long…2013-05-14
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
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 09:34Z; source collection times vary.
Towing
Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →
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.