Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V teknik perdana towing 5000 meter long cable within…
Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1060/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-06-12 13:46Z
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 VII 83/08 030914Z JUN 08.. Issued 2008-06-03 19:49Z. 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
- Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -14.242, 47.355 with a 6.5 nm radius. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1060/08 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mozambique Channel →
- issued
- 2008-06-03 19:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 83/08 030914Z JUN 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mozambique Channel
- position
- -14.242, 47.355 · r 6.5 nm
- vessel
- M/V TEKNIK PERDANA · 22 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V TEKNIK PERDANA TOWING 5000 METER LONG CABLE WITHIN 6.5 MILES OF 14-14.5S 047-21.3E. FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Towed array / streamer
- Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
23 within 180 nm since 2008 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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 24 sep thru 04 oct by M/V marion dufresne in area bound by 12-30.00S 045-17.00E, 13-18.00S…2026-09-23
- NAVAREA VII 267 of 2026 : (23 sep 26) 1. indian ocean - sw sector - offshore mayotte 2. chart san 1 3. rv…2026-09-23
- Survey operations 20 sep thru 07 oct by M/V fnin in area bound by 12-30.00S 045-17.00E, 13-18.00S…2024-09-20
- Survey operations in progress until 25 sep by M/V marion dufresne in area bound by 12-35.00S 046-10.00E,…2023-09-14
- Survey operation in progress until 24 jul by M/V marion dufrense in area bound by 13-14.00S 045-10.00E,…2022-07-11
- Survey operations in progress until 01 oct by r/v marion dufresne in area bound by 12-24.0S 045-10.0E,…2021-09-23
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 05:39Z; 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.