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Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice by M/V prontas maris in area bound by 52-30.8S…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2442/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-01-05 03:14Z

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 VI 283/09 150204Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-15 02:42Z. 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.

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issued
2009-12-15 02:42Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VI 283/09 150204Z DEC 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-52.630, -68.479
vessel
M/V PRONTAS MARIS
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PIPELAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V PRONTAS MARIS IN AREA BOUND BY
52-30.8S 068-30.4W, 52-39.4S 068-18.5W,
52-43.1S 068-34.6W, 52-39.8S 068-36.2W.
TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

14 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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18

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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M
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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

22 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:43Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.