Surveys

Drilling operations in progress until further notice by M/V island leader and M/V shoman in area between…

New Zealand · Tasman Bay · HYDROPAC 1395/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-05-21 09:29Z

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) · CNW 136/11 090400Z MAY 11.. Issued 2011-05-09 05:58Z. 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
New Zealand · Tasman Bay. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
issued
2011-05-09 05:58Z
status
Archived notice
authority
CNW 136/11 090400Z MAY 11.
issued by
CNW
vessels
M/V ISLAND LEADER · 3 messagesM/V SHOMAN · 5 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NEW ZEALAND.
TASMAN BAY.
DRILLING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V ISLAND LEADER AND M/V SHOMAN
IN AREA BETWEEN
39-46S 39-55S AND 174-10E 174-23E.

Reading this warning

Drilling rig / MODU
A mobile offshore drilling unit — jack-up, semi-submersible or drillship — has moved into position, with anchors and a safety zone around it.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

56 survey operations listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:54Z; 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.