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Seismic survey in progress until 08 sep by M/V polar marquis towing 14 four mile long cables in area bound…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1540/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-08-18 10:22Z

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 328/14 231155Z JUN 14.. Issued 2014-06-23 13:14Z. 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.

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issued
2014-06-23 13:14Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 328/14 231155Z JUN 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Black Sea
position
43.522, 38.446
vessel
M/V POLAR MARQUIS · 34 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
RUSSIA.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 08 SEP BY
   M/V POLAR MARQUIS TOWING 14 FOUR MILE
   LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY
   43-39.2N 037-49.4E, 43-49.6N 037-57.0E,
   43-52.0N 038-01.0E, 43-45.5N 038-18.2E,
   43-47.2N 038-19.7E, 43-44.4N 038-26.9E,
   43-42.2N 038-27.1E, 43-37.1N 038-40.1E,
   43-34.8N 038-45.6E, 43-21.6N 039-08.6E,
   43-17.0N 039-04.9E, 43-21.1N 038-52.5E,
   43-17.2N 038-49.3E, 43-13.5N 038-31.0E,
   43-20.4N 038-14.2E, 43-24.2N 038-12.2E,
   43-29.1N 038-15.9E.
   FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 SEP 14.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

56 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:17Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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