Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V geo caspian towing 14 8000 meter long cables in…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1293/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-05-19 17:29Z
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 I 49/17 231620Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-23 16:56Z. 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
- North 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1293/17 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-04-23 16:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA I 49/17 231620Z APR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 49.996, -12.565
- vessel
- M/V GEO CASPIAN · 29 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CELTIC SEA. DNC 19. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V GEO CASPIAN TOWING 14 8000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 50-58.4N 014-05.4W, 50-59.9N 011-05.2W, 48-59.6N 011-06.5W, 48-59.4N 013-59.2W. SEVEN 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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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 · survey operations
82 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.
- Survey operations 232200Z sep to 162200Z oct in area bound by 48-09.80N 010-49.32W, 48-14.80N 011-20.49W,…2024-09-20
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 48-29.2N…2020-08-30
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas in vicinity of trackline joining…2020-07-29
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ridley thomas in vicinity of trackline joining…2020-07-24
- Survey operations 22 thru 31 jul by M/V ridley thomas along trackline joining 47-04.5N 010-42.3W, 48-26.5N…2020-07-21
- Oceanographic operations 110001Z to 120001Z nov by M/V thalassa in area bound by 48-19.83N 008-46.52W,…2015-11-10
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:52Z; 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.