Cable ops

Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V oceanic phoenix towing 12 9000 meter long cables…

Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 2189/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-09-11 12:10Z

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 260/14 091350Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-09 14:12Z. 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
Norwegian Sea. The parsed report position is 61.617, 2.600 with a 30.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2014-09-09 14:12Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA I 260/14 091350Z SEP 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea
Norwegian Sea
position
61.617, 2.600 · r 30.0 nm
vessel
M/V OCEANIC PHOENIX · 12 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORWEGIAN SEA.
NORTH SEA.
SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V OCEANIC PHOENIX TOWING 12
9000 METER LONG CABLES WITHIN 30 MILES OF
61-37N 002-36E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

134 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-03 09:18Z; 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.