Seismic survey in progress until 04 apr by M/V geco tau towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound by…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1042/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-04-05 00:00Z
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 V 595/01; NAVAREA V 596/01 020359Z APR 01. Issued 2001-04-02 06:05Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. 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
- F/V universo reports injured crewman in 27-00S 030-20W at 310800Z marcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-04-02 06:05Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V 595/01; NAVAREA V 596/01 020359Z APR 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -2.175, -39.443
- vessel
- M/V GECO TAU · 190 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 04 APR BY M/V GECO TAU TOWING 10000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 02-28S 039-37W, 01-51S 039-28W, 02-23S 039-25W, 01-53S 039-10W. SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1030/01. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 APR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- 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
267 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 130259Z feb 21 by cableship ile de brehat and cableship peter faber along…2020-12-30
- Cable operations 300300Z nov to 130259Z feb 21 by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining 03-44.36S…2020-11-29
- Seismic survey in progress until 26 feb by M/V ramform atlas towing 14 9000 meter long cables in area bound…2016-01-15
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 feb 16 by M/V ramform atlas towing 14 9000 meter long cables in area…2015-10-10
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 feb 16 by M/V ramform atlas towing 14 1400 meter long cables in area…2015-09-16
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 feb 16 by M/V ramform atlas towing 14 9000 meter long cables in area…2015-09-10
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 2026-10-02 12:28Z; 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.