Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V saipem in 03-05.3N 006-05.5E
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 2582/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-07 11:16Z
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 II 278/13 172124Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-17 22:19Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 3.088, 6.092. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2013-10-17 22:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 278/13 172124Z OCT 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 3.088, 6.092
- vessel
- M/V SAIPEM · 20 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V SAIPEM IN 03-05.3N 006-05.5E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
33 within 180 nm since 2002 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Last known positions of mobile oil rigs and drill ships at 040430 UTC sep 262026-09-04
- Last known positions of mobile oil rigs and drill ships at 091630 UTC aug 262026-08-09
- Survey operations 27 mar thru 15 may by M/V rem saltire and M/V bgp dragon in area bound by 03-06.80N…2024-03-24
- Survey operations 12 feb thru 26 mar by M/V bgp dragon and M/V rem saltire in area bound by 03-17.54N…2024-02-09
- Survey operations 10 dec thru 15 jan 24 by M/V apollo, M/V vanguard and M/V thor freyja in areas bound by:…2023-12-07
- Survey operations 17 nov thru 09 dec by M/V vanguard and M/V thor freyja in area bound by 03-14.94N…2023-11-14
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
- Last known positions of mobile oil rigs and drill ships at 040430 UTC sep 26Surveys · 88 nm
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 92.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 92.6 nm
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 115.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:36Z; 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.