Surveys

Oceanographic operations by M/V meteor: a. in progress until 081530Z nov in 33-05N 020-22E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2876/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-11-10 17:00Z

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) · MARISICILIA 417/01 081015A NOV 01; MARISICILIA 418/01 081215A NOV 01. Issued 2001-11-08 15:30Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.640, 18.647. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2001-11-08 22:30Z2001-11-09 01:00Z—2 h 30
2001-11-09 13:00Z2001-11-09 15:30Z—2 h 30
2001-11-10 00:01Z2001-11-10 03:00Z—2 h 59
2001-11-10 13:00Z2001-11-10 16:00Z—3 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2001-11-08 15:30Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2001-11-10 17:00Z
authority
MARISICILIA 417/01 081015A NOV 01; MARISICILIA 418/01 081215A NOV 01
issued by
MARISICILIA
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
34.640, 18.647
vessel
M/V METEOR · 48 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. OCEANOGRAPHIC OPERATIONS BY M/V METEOR:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 081530Z NOV IN 33-05N 020-22E.
   B. 082230Z TO 090100Z NOV IN 33-30N 019-00E.
   C. 091300Z TO 091530Z NOV IN 35-20N 019-52E.
   D. 100001Z TO 100300Z NOV IN 35-30N 018-00E.
   E. 101300Z TO 101600Z NOV IN 35-47N 016-00E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2861/01(53), AID RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 101700Z NOV.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · survey operations

51 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 2026-10-03 10:10Z; 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.