Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier towing 4000 meter long cable in area…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 191/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-02-16 07:40Z
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 XVI 021/00 301830Z JAN 00; RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 668/00 310420Z JAN 00. Issued 2000-01-31 06:20Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. 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
- Six meter vessel geebi, four persons on board, overdue kavieng to trench islandcancelled by this notice
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier towing 4000 meter long cable in area…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2000-01-31 06:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XVI 021/00 301830Z JAN 00; RCC AUSTRALIA AUSSAR 668/00 310420Z JAN 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XVI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -5.585, -81.009
- vessel
- M/V GULF SUPPLIER · 45 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 FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V GULF SUPPLIER TOWING 4000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 05-33.6S 081-08.4W, 05-29.8S 080-54.6W, 05-36.6S 080-52.7W, 05-40.4S 081-06.6W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 178/00(GEN), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
32 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V discoverer towing ten meter long cable in area bound…2015-02-07
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier along tracklines joining: a. 04-15.2S…2001-04-22
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier in area bound by 05-12.15S 081-25.00W,…2001-04-09
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier in area bound by 04-15.85S 081-15.77W,…2001-03-30
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier in area bound by 04-18-30S 081-28-00W,…2001-03-21
- Seismic survery in progress until further notice by M/V gulf supplier in area bound by 04-18-30S 081-28-00W,…2001-03-18
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 02:53Z; 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.