Cable ops

Seismic survey 092359Z nov thru 302359Z dec by M/V zephyr 1 towing 8000 meter long cable in area bound by…

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 2127/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-12-31 00:59Z

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 XI 491/06 06 NOV 06.. Issued 2006-11-06 14:11Z. 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
Malacca Strait. 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 Malacca Strait →

issued
2006-11-06 14:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2006-12-31 00:59Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 491/06 06 NOV 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Malacca Strait
position
6.382, 96.451
vessel
M/V ZEPHYR 1 · 39 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. SEISMIC SURVEY 092359Z NOV THRU 302359Z DEC BY M/V ZEPHYR 1
   TOWING 8000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
   05-43N 095-30E, 06-47N 094-35E,
   07-52N 095-27E, 06-34N 097-54E,
   05-18N 098-22E, 05-08N 097-46E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310059Z DEC.

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.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

23 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:55Z; 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.