Survey operations by M/V polarcus alima towing 12 8100 meter long cables: a. 07 apr along trackline between…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1130/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-10 00:01Z
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 VI 226/17 071852Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-07 19:32Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-04-07 19:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 226/17 071852Z APR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -35.483, -51.304
- vessel
- M/V POLARCUS ALIMA · 115 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 07.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS BY M/V POLARCUS ALIMA
TOWING 12 8100 METER LONG CABLES:
A. 07 APR ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
35-23.54S 051-37.23W AND 35-33.15S 051-07.56W.
B. 07 APR ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
35-39.37S 051-14.06W AND 35-37.05S 051-17.57W.
C. 08 APR ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
35-28.55S 051-23.32W AND 35-34.52S 051-14.29W.
D. 08 APR ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
35-18.47S 051-25.05W AND 35-32.41S 051-03.36W.
E. 08 AND 09 APR ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
35-37.29S 051-07.35W AND 35-24.46S 051-27.21W.
SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1117/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 APR 17.
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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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 · survey operations
119 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V pxgeo 2 towing ten 8100 meter long cables in area…2024-04-09
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V pxgeo 2 towing ten 8100 meter long cabes in area…2024-03-13
- Underwater operations 261900Z feb to 071200Z mar by M/V rebecca in area bound by 33-03.07S 047-27.95W,…2024-02-27
- Survey operations by M/V polarcus alima towing 12 8100 meter long cables: a. 16 and 17 apr along trackline…2017-04-16
- Survey operations 15 and 16 apr by M/V polarcus alima towing 12 8100 meter long cables along tracklines…2017-04-15
- Survey operations 14 thru 16 apr by M/V polarcus alima towing 12 8100 meter long cables along tracklines…2017-04-14
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
50 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:12Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.