Surveys

Underwater operations 28 oct 23 thru 16 jan 24 by M/V faith, M/V altan ilhan and M/V muruvvet ilhan in area…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 2434/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-17 00:01Z

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 104/23 250932Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-25 10:19Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

issued: 2023-10-25 10:19Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-01-17 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA III 104/23 250932Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Black Sea
position: 42.855, 31.204
vessels: M/V ALTAN ILHAN M/V FAITH · 3 messages M/V MURUVVET ILHAN · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
TURKEY.
DNC 10.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 28 OCT 23 THRU 16 JAN 24
   BY M/V FAITH, M/V ALTAN ILHAN AND
   M/V MURUVVET ILHAN IN AREA BOUND BY
   42-52.72N 031-09.92E, 42-52.78N 031-14.48E,
   42-49.88N 031-14.57E, 42-49.80N 031-10.00E.
   TEN MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170001Z JAN 24.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Underwater operations: Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

233 within 180 nm since 1999 · 14 in the last 12 months · 6 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.

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.

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Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:37Z; source collection times vary.

Surveys

Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →

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.