Seismic survey in progress until 30 oct by M/V ramform viking towing 12 9500 meter long cables in area bound…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2260/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-09-24 00:45Z
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 E 1034/14 171433Z SEP 14.. Issued 2014-09-18 00:50Z. 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
- 2014-09-18 00:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA V E 1034/14 171433Z SEP 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V E
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -11.133, -36.186
- vessel
- M/V RAMFORM VIKING · 198 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRAZIL-EAST COAST. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 OCT BY M/V RAMFORM VIKING TOWING 12 9500 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 10-59.11S 036-35.08W, 10-54.25S 036-32.00W, 11-14.78S 035-48.49W, 11-21.15S 035-54.55W. SIX MILES BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2250/14. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 OCT 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.
- 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
211 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.
- Cable repair operations 23 feb thru 25 mar by M/V teneo vicinity of trackline joining 13-00.42S 038-27.59W,…2015-02-23
- Seismic survey in progress until 30 oct by M/V ramform viking towing 12 9500 meter long cables in area bound…2014-09-24
- Seismic survey in progress until 30 oct by M/V ramform viking towing 12 9500 meter long cables in area bound…2014-09-17
- Seismic survey 04 apr thru 25 may by M/V l'atalante towing 4850 meter long cable in area bound by 09-06.00S…2014-04-10
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 aug by M/V ocean endeavour towing 12 five mile long cables in area bound…2014-02-25
- Cable laying operations 020100Z to 061100Z aug along trackline between 11-47.59S 037-22.28W and 11-47.29S…2013-07-31
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
- Maceio light 09-41.03S 035-43.38W unlit until 31 octNav aids · 91.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:51Z; 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.