Surveys
Survey operations 09 may until further notice by M/V polarcus naila towing 12 9000 meter long cables in area…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1628/17
- issued
- 2017-05-08 09:19Z
- status
- cancelled 2017-06-07 23:42Z (archive)
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 313/17 080852Z MAY 17.
- position
- 7.271, 103.690
- source
- nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 03. SURVEY OPERATIONS 09 MAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V POLARCUS NAILA TOWING 12 9000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 07-12N 103-22E, 07-32N 103-51E, 07-25N 104-00E, 07-00N 103-37E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
This area · survey operations
7 within 180 nm since 2010 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 in force now
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- Survey operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V pxgeo 2 towing eight five mile long cables in area bound…2026-08-06
- Survey operations in progress until 15 dec by M/V sw vespucci towing ten 8100 meter long cables in area…2019-10-15
- Survey operations in progress until 27 jul by M/V sw vespucci towing eight 3.5 mile long cables in area…2019-07-04
- Survey operations 05 nov until further notice by M/V polarcus naila towing ten 5000 meter long cables in…2017-11-04
- Survey operations in progress until 31 may by M/V ptsc researcher towing 1500 meter long cable and M/V ptsc…2017-03-15
- Survey operations in progress until 05 may by M/V pacific explorer in 05-50N 106-20E2010-03-24
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Timeline
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1628/17 and this msg, survey completedcancelled by · 2017-06-07
Nearby now · within 120 nm
Worldwide now
73 survey operations in force · see all
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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