Seismic survey in progress until 15 mar by M/V veritas viking II towing eight 6000 meter long cables in area…
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 175/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-03-16 00:00Z
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 67/07 251003Z JAN 07.. Issued 2007-01-26 09:09Z. 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
- Laccadive 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2007-01-26 09:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 67/07 251003Z JAN 07.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 7.108, 76.158
- vessel
- M/V VERITAS VIKING II · 217 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 15 MAR BY M/V VERITAS VIKING II TOWING EIGHT 6000 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 07-14N 075-58E, 06-58N 075-58E, 06-59N 076-21E, 07-15N 076-21E. FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
29 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Cable operations in progress until 30 aug by cableship responder in vicinity a. 06-19.86N 075-49.62E2023-08-26
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship niwa in area bound by 04-35N 077-04E, 05-16N…2020-11-24
- Cable laying operations by cableship ile de batz: a. 10 thru 13 jun along trackline joining 07-40.91N…2015-06-09
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 and 13 thru 18 mar by M/V samdura ratnakar towing four mile long cable…2015-02-18
- Seismic survey 16 dec thru 15 feb 07 by M/V geco emerald towing eight four mile long cables in area bound by…2006-12-14
- Seismic survey in progress until 20 apr 07 by M/V geco emerald, M/V pacific lion II and M/V crest nautika in…2006-11-30
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:17Z; 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.