Seismic survey in progress until 180259Z oct by M/V ramform viking towing 12 9500 meter long cables in areas…
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2448/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-10-18 03:59Z
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 S 1120/14 090036Z OCT 14.. Issued 2014-10-09 01:09Z. 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
- 2014-10-09 01:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-10-18 03:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA V S 1120/14 090036Z OCT 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA V · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA V S
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -24.190, -39.852
- 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-SOUTHEAST COAST.
DNC 01.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 180259Z OCT
BY M/V RAMFORM VIKING TOWING 12 9500 METER
LONG CABLES IN AREAS BOUND BY:
A. 23-54.30S 041-41.30W, 22-28.55S 038-26.10W,
24-24.12S 037-17.08W, 26-04.31S 041-44.53W.
B. 22-55.17S 040-55.58W, 23-27.57S 040-39.42W,
23-54.13S 041-41.39W, 23-21.24S 041-57.50W.
SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2421/14.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 180359Z OCT 14.
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.
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- 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.
- 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
1874 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 operations in progress until 03 feb 25 by cableship bold maverick in: a. 22-11.33S 041-06.38W2024-09-05
- Seismic deflector gear adrift in 23-08.50S 042-53.90W at 071300Z sep2019-09-07
- Seismic survey 21 thru 28 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter long cables in area bound by…2017-01-19
- Seismic survey 14 thru 21 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter cables in area bound by 25-33.47S…2017-01-10
- Seismic survey in progress until 14 jan by oceanic champion towing 12 8000 meter cables in area bound by…2017-01-07
- Seismic survey 31 dec thru 07 jan 17 by M/V oceanic champion towing 12 7408 meter long cables in area bound…2016-12-30
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:40Z; 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.