Seismic survey by M/V pgs apollo towing ten 8100 meter long cables: a. in progress until 20 apr in area…
Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 1110/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-06-03 00:01Z
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 VIII 276/16 151003Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-15 20:27Z. 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
- Andaman or Burma 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Andaman or Burma Sea →
- issued
- 2016-04-15 20:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 276/16 151003Z APR 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Andaman or Burma Sea
- position
- 12.739, 96.406
- vessel
- M/V PGS APOLLO · 81 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ANDAMAN SEA.
BURMA.
DNC 03.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY BY M/V PGS APOLLO TOWING TEN
8100 METER LONG CABLES:
A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 20 APR IN AREA BOUND BY
13-30.01N 096-27.62E, 11-59.47N 096-28.88E,
11-59.50N 096-20.85E, 13-29.98N 096-20.01E.
B. 21 APR THRU 02 JUN IN AREA BETWEEN
13-27.00N 12-43.00N AND 096-32.00E 097-18.85E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 476/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 03 JUN 16.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Seismic survey
- A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
- 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.
- 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.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf 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 · cable & pipeline work
31 within 180 nm since 2006 · 1 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.
- Cable operations in progress until 29 dec by cableship teneo along trackline joining 15-11.04N 096-28.66E,…2025-12-02
- Cable operations in progress until 05 may by cableship prima nusantara X along tracklines joining: a.…2024-02-05
- Cable operations in progress until 31 may by M/V asean restorer in 15-37.10N 096-46.50E2023-04-17
- Cable operations 24 nov until 28 feb 21 by M/V garda and cableship niwa in vicinity of trackline joining…2020-11-19
- Cable operations in progress until 010001Z sep by cableship asean explorer in vicinity 15-30.35N 095-43.68E2017-08-14
- Cable operations 29 jan thru 21 feb in vicinity 15-25.13N 095-41.47E2017-01-27
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
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 14:54Z; source collection times vary.
Cable ops
Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →
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.