Seismic survey 20 jul until further notice by M/V ramform challenger towing five mile long cable in area…
Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1395/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-08-11 14:00Z
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 552/03 191204Z JUL 03. Issued 2003-07-19 13:10Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Underwater ordnance detonations: a. 150700Z to 150900Z aug within 1.5 miles of 45-07.6N 036-31.9Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-07-19 13:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 552/03 191204Z JUL 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Black Sea
- position
- 41.527, 40.988
- vessel
- M/V RAMFORM CHALLENGER · 110 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEISMIC SURVEY 20 JUL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V RAMFORM CHALLENGER TOWING FIVE MILE LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 41-49.1N 040-54.6E, 41-35.6N 041-16.6E, 41-32.8N 041-26.9E, 41-22.4N 041-15.1E, 41-16.8N 040-56.2E, 41-30.0N 040-34.3E.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
26 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.
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V scandi carla along tracklines between: a.…2018-03-08
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V scandi carla along tracklines between: a.…2018-03-05
- Seismic survey 24 aug thru 10 mar 17 by M/V barbaros hayreddin pasa and M/V bravo supporter in area bound by…2016-08-23
- Seismic survey 27 jun thru 16 aug by M/V barbaros hayreddin pasa, M/V bravo supporter and M/V deep…2014-06-26
- Seismic survey in progress until 08 sep by M/V polar marquis towing 14 four mile long cables in area bound…2014-06-23
- Pipeline operations in progress until 12 aug by M/V aquamarine along trackline joining 44-18N 038-44E,…2013-07-19
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:15Z; 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.