Surveys

Survey operations in progress by M/V oceanic vega towing 12 9300 meter long cables in area bound by 60-55.9N…

Eastern North Atlantic · Norwegian Sea · Shetland Islands · HYDROLANT 2655/18

issued: 2018-08-20 08:29Z
status: cancelled 2018-09-14 16:26Z (archive)
authority: NAVAREA I 111/18 200531Z AUG 18.
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 61.102, -1.608
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
NORWEGIAN SEA.
SHETLAND ISLANDS.
DNC 20.
SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS BY M/V OCEANIC VEGA
TOWING 12 9300 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY
60-55.9N 001-22.5W, 60-40.5N 001-55.7W,
60-56.5N 002-27.5W, 61-32.7N 001-08.9W,
61-21.6N 000-47.3W, 61-15.4N 001-01.1W,
61-12.4N 000-55.2W, 60-58.1N 001-26.6W.
SEVEN MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

This area · survey operations

111 within 180 nm since 2000 · 4 in the last 12 months · 2 in force now

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Timeline

Survey operations in progress by M/V oceanic vega towing 12 9300 meter long cables in area bound by 61-44.6N…cancelled by · 2018-09-14

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