Seismic survey in progress until 090400Z jul by M/V veritas viking I towing six 6000 meter long cables in…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1474/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-07-09 05:00Z
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 822/02 032044Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-03 22:36Z. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2002-07-03 22:36Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2002-07-09 05:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V 822/02 032044Z JUL 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -21.383, -40.549
- vessel
- M/V VERITAS VIKING I · 182 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 090400Z JUL BY M/V VERITAS VIKING I TOWING SIX 6000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 21-10.0S 040-32.1W, 21-10.1S 040-26.0W, 21-30.1S 040-26.1W, 21-32.4S 040-27.5W, 21-32.3S 040-41.4W, 21-30.5S 040-44.5W. SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1444/02. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 090500Z JUL.
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.
- 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.
- 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
1467 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 03 feb 25 by cableship bold maverick in: a. 22-11.33S 041-06.38W2024-09-05
- Underwater operations 1100Z to 2100Z daily 19 thru 24 apr by cableship intrepid in 20-22.45S 040-11.23W2021-04-18
- Seismic deflector gear adrift in 23-08.50S 042-53.90W at 071300Z sep2019-09-07
- Seismic survey in progress until 23 apr by nps sigma in area bound by 21-10.6S 039-55.5W, 21-10.5S…2016-04-12
- Seismic survey 10 thru 16 apr by nps sigma in area bound by 21-19.4S 039-57.5W, 21-17.3S 039-57.5W, 21-11.2S…2016-04-09
- Seismic survey in progress until 09 apr by M/V nps sigma in area bound by 21-00.6S 039-44.0W, 21-11.4S…2016-04-01
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
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 26 sep thru 10 oct by M/V comando b in 20-23.78S 040-09.43WSurveys · 63.2 nm
- Underwater operations 1000Z to 2000Z daily until 02 nov 26 by M/V fugro vaquita in: a. 22-26.32S 040-25.47WSurveys · 64.2 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until 110300Z oct by M/V sistac vitoria in 22-32.81S 040-04.04WSurveys · 74.9 nm
- Foul ground until 06 dec 27 in area bound by 19-53.87S 039-59.68W, 19-54.15S 039-59.27W, 19-53.08S…Wrecks · 95 nm
- Underwater operations 0800Z to 1800Z daily 26 sep thru 10 oct by M/V comando b in 19-51.63S 039-56.90WSurveys · 97.4 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until 140001Z nov by M/V fugro vaquita in area bound by 22-03.00S…Surveys · 101.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:31Z; 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.