Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ocean voyager towing 6000 meter long cable…
Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 1315/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-04-12 12:10Z
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 IX 183/02 EMAIL 17 JUL 02; GUAMSARCOORD 180510Z JUL 02. Issued 2002-07-18 06:55Z. 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
- Gulf of Oman. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 07-13.7N 150-04.7E at 142108Z julcancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2002-07-18 06:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 183/02 EMAIL 17 JUL 02; GUAMSARCOORD 180510Z JUL 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Oman
- position
- 24.233, 60.917
- vessel
- M/V OCEAN VOYAGER · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V OCEAN VOYAGER TOWING 6000 METER LONG CABLE VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 24-03N 060-50E AND 24-25N 061-00E. THREE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1301/02(81), SIGNAL CEASED.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
5 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 in progress until further notice by M/V yang di zhi jiu hao towing equipment 8000 meters…2020-01-07
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V hai yang di zhi shi hao towing 2000 meter long…2018-12-20
- Survey operations 13 jan until further notice by M/V SHIYAN-3: a. in area bound by 24-07.33N 062-01.45E,…2018-01-12
- Survey operations in progress by M/V FERDOWS-1: a. 07 thru 09 feb in area bound by 25-23.79N 061-40.03E,…2015-02-07
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 05:08Z; 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.