Geophysical survey 25 jun to 210100Z jul by M/V iskatel towing two mile long cable in area bound by…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1024/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-07-21 02:00Z
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 III 285/08 231233Z JUN 08.. Issued 2008-06-23 13:29Z. 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
- Black 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.
- issued
- 2008-06-23 13:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2008-07-21 02:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 285/08 231233Z JUN 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 43.991, 35.888
- vessel
- M/V ISKATEL · 31 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY 25 JUN TO 210100Z JUL BY M/V ISKATEL TOWING TWO MILE LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 44-38.09N 036-01.41E, 44-40.79N 036-37.81E, 44-34.89N 036-37.51E, 43-30.99N 036-08.41E, 43-22.89N 034-53.91E. THREE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210200Z JUL.
Reading this warning
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 in progress until 31 oct by M/V akademic golitsyn and M/V gsp prince towing 300 meter…2011-10-10
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 sep by M/V vityaz towing two 100 meter long cables in area bound…2007-08-09
- Geophysical operations 18 thru 20 and 25 thru 28 nov by M/V isaktel towing two mile long cable along…2006-11-17
- Geophysical survey 26 and 27 may by M/V akademik alexander karpinskiy towing 300 meter long cable in area…2003-05-21
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 nov by M/V yantar towing 50 meter long cable in area bound by…2001-07-18
- Geophysical operations in progress until 30 oct by M/V yantar towing 50 meter long cable in area bound by…2001-07-14
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 12:25Z; 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.