Survey operations in progress until 19 aug by M/V song of the whale along trackline joining 39-14.35N…
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 2628/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-08-19 21:00Z
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 651/18 162100Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-16 21:24Z. 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
- Ionian 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
- issued
- 2018-08-16 21:24Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-08-19 21:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 651/18 162100Z AUG 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 36.887, 21.187
- vessel
- M/V SONG · 10 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
IONIAN SEA. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN GREECE. CRETE. DNC 09. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 19 AUG BY M/V SONG OF THE WHALE ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 39-14.35N 020-08.03E, 37-41.64N 020-37.47E, 36-59.76N 020-09-27E, 35-09.68N 023-18.13E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2621/18. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 192100Z AUG 18.
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.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
93 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 12 apr by vessel M/V l atalante in area bound by 38-21.00N 024-00.00E,…2024-04-03
- Survey operations in progress until 15 jan by M/V sw cook towing one 12000 meter long cable in area bound by…2022-01-14
- Survey operations 12 jan thru 25 feb by M/V sw cook towing one 1200 meter long cable in area bound by…2022-01-11
- Survey operations by M/V arctic sunrise: a. 30 and 31 aug along trackline joining 35-17.9N 022-58.0E,…2021-08-31
- Underwater operations 16 and 17 mar by M/V ievoli ivory along trackline joining 36-12.4N 024-19.9E, 36-01.0N…2021-03-15
- Underwater operations by M/V ievoli ivory: a. 11 mar along trackline joining 36-44.60N 024-08.00E, 36-15.10N…2021-03-10
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 13:26Z; 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.