Oceanographic operations 01 thru 04 oct by M/V corwith cramer vicinity of trackline between 40-28N 001-18E…
Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 2536/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-05 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 585/16 291159Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-29 20:23Z. 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
- Balearic (Iberian Sea). The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Icebergs reported in: a. B15K, 50-39S 042-18Wlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Balearic (Iberian Sea) →
- issued
- 2016-09-29 20:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 585/16 291159Z SEP 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Balearic (Iberian Sea)
- position
- 40.117, 1.467
- vessel
- M/V CORWITH CRAMER · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SPAIN. BALEARIC ISLANDS. DNC 08. 1. OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS 01 THRU 04 OCT BY M/V CORWITH CRAMER VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 40-28N 001-18E AND 39-46N 001-38E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 OCT 16.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
40 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Survey operations in progress until 111700Z apr by M/V tethys II in vicinity of trackline joining 41-22.0N…2023-04-09
- Survey operations in progress until 111800Z apr by M/V tethys II in vicinity of trackline joining 40-07.0N…2023-04-09
- Survey operations 041400Z to 061400Z apr by M/V tethys 2 in area bound by 40-05.00N 006-16.70E, 39-31.20N…2023-04-03
- Survey operations 041700Z to 062359Z apr by M/V l'atalante in vicinity of trackline joining 40-46.00N…2023-04-03
- Survey operations in progress until 22 apr by M/V artabro in vicinity of trackline joining 39-53.10N…2023-03-27
- Survey operations 25 thru 27 mar by M/V l-atalant along trackline joining 40-11.00N 004-06.00E, 41-18.00N…2023-03-24
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 16:02Z; 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.