Survey operations 060600Z to 072259Z dec by M/V coopernaut franca in area bound by 40-12.6N 017-51.0E,…
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 4040/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-12-06 16:48Z
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) · MARDIPART TARANTO 1018/00 051900Z DEC 00; NAVAREA II 362/00 051545Z DEC 00. Issued 2000-12-05 18:28Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Ar men light 48-03.0N 004-59.9W unreliablecancelled by this notice
- Survey operations 07 thru 16 dec by M/V coopernaut franca in area bound by 40-46.0N 017-48.9E, 41-01.3N…later cancellation notice
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-12-06 06:00Z | 2000-12-07 22:59Z | — | 40 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-12-05 18:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-12-07 23:59Z
- authority
- MARDIPART TARANTO 1018/00 051900Z DEC 00; NAVAREA II 362/00 051545Z DEC 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- MARDIPART TARANTO
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 40.074, 17.667
- vessel
- M/V COOPERNAUT FRANCA · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 060600Z TO 072259Z DEC BY M/V COOPERNAUT FRANCA IN AREA BOUND BY 40-12.6N 017-51.0E, 40-01.4N 017-26.4E, 39-56.2N 017-30.2E, 40-08.2N 017-54.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 4036/00(37). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 072359Z DEC.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
101 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.
- Underwater operations 28 aug thru 03 sep by M/V janus II in area bound by 40-58.27N 018-47.52E, 40-48.67N…2023-08-27
- Underwater operations 28 aug thru 03 sep in area bound by 40-58.27N 018-47.52E, 40-48.67N 018-24.72E,…2023-08-25
- Underwater operations in progress until 07 jan by M/V edda flora with submersible along trackline joining…2022-01-04
- Underwater operations 22 thru 31 dec by M/V edda flora with submersible along trackline joining 40-19.0N…2021-12-21
- Survey operations by M/V aigaio: a. 090900Z to 091400Z sep in 39-58.10N 019-23.83E2020-09-07
- Survey operations 07 nov thru 31 dec by M/V polar empress towing one five mile long cable in area bound by…2018-11-02
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 2026-10-03 13:43Z; 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.