Underwater operations 0700Z to 1900Z daily 15 nov thru 10 dec by M/V manning towing equipment: a. within one…
Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 2926/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-11-23 17:25Z
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) · LA SPEZIA 414/01 131136Z NOV 01; WZ 2161/01 131747Z NOV 01; MARIDIPART TARANTO 782/01 131900A NOV 01. Issued 2001-11-13 19:35Z. 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
- Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 44.000, 9.733. 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
- Hyskeir light 56-58N 006-41W unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Capo san vito light 40-24.7N 017-12.2E at reduced intensitycancelled by this notice
- Underwater operations 0700Z to 1900Z daily 23 nov thru 10 dec by M/V manning towing equipment in area bound…later cancellation notice
Activity windows · 26 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-11-15 07:00Z | 2001-11-15 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-16 07:00Z | 2001-11-16 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-17 07:00Z | 2001-11-17 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-18 07:00Z | 2001-11-18 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-19 07:00Z | 2001-11-19 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-20 07:00Z | 2001-11-20 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-21 07:00Z | 2001-11-21 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| 2001-11-22 07:00Z | 2001-11-22 19:00Z | — | 12 h |
| … 18 more | |||
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2001-11-13 19:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-12-11 20:00Z
- authority
- LA SPEZIA 414/01 131136Z NOV 01; WZ 2161/01 131747Z NOV 01; MARIDIPART TARANTO 782/01 131900A NOV 01
- issued by
- LA SPEZIA
- sea
- Ligurian Sea
- position
- 44.000, 9.733
- vessel
- M/V MANNING · 22 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 0700Z TO 1900Z DAILY 15 NOV THRU
10 DEC BY M/V MANNING TOWING EQUIPMENT:
A. WITHIN ONE MILE OF 44-00-00N 009-44-00E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY 44-02-42N 009-51-48E,
44-01-48N 009-51-54E, COASTLINE.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2914/01(35) AND 2918/01(54), AIDS RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 112000Z DEC.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
179 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 22 jul thru 13 aug by M/V tethys II, M/V l`europe, and M/V sagitta III in area bound by…2023-07-20
- Survey operations in progress until 19 jul by M/V five in area bound by 43-49.26N 009-54.46E, 44-09.71N…2023-07-18
- Survey operations in progress until 30 mar by M/V ocean link along trackling joining 43-14.09N 007-46.66E,…2023-03-17
- Survey operations 02 thru 17 feb by M/V tethys II, M/V l europe and M/V sagitta III in area bound by…2023-01-30
- Survey operations 07 thru 15 jul by M/V thetys II, M/V l'europe and M/V saggitta III in area bound by…2022-07-05
- Survey operations 27 may thru 06 jun by M/V thetys II, M/V l`europe and M/V saggitta III in area bound by…2022-05-26
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 2026-10-02 17:48Z; 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.