Seismic survey in progress until 01 nov by M/V beaufort explorer towing 5000 meter long cable in area bound…
Gulf of Thailand · HYDROPAC 2143/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-10-26 15:28Z
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 782/10 160539Z OCT 10 - MRCC PAPEETE 160542Z OCT 10.. Issued 2010-10-16 06:53Z. 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
- Gulf of Thailand. 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
- Distress signal received from F/V on 406 mhz in 14-51.3S 131-01.0Wcancelled by this notice
- Seismic survey in progress until 18 nov by M/V beaufort explorer towing 3500 meter long cable in area…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Thailand →
- issued
- 2010-10-16 06:53Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 782/10 160539Z OCT 10 - MRCC PAPEETE 160542Z OCT 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Thailand
- position
- 7.009, 102.230
- vessel
- M/V BEAUFORT EXPLORER · 18 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF THAILAND. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 01 NOV BY M/V BEAUFORT EXPLORER TOWING 5000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 07-17N 101-53E, 07-17N 102-27E, 06-40N 102-27E, 06-40N 102-10E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2141/10(83). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 NOV.
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.
- 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.
- 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
42 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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 works by M/V pxgeo 2 towing eight cables, each 5 mile long2026-08-06
- Cable operations 29 jul until further notice by cableship teneo in vicinity 05-51.00N 100-42.49E2023-07-27
- Malaysia DNC 03, DNC 112022-03-02
- Cable operations 01 aug until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 07-16.3N 100-47.3E,…2020-07-31
- Cable operations 31 jul until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…2017-07-29
- Cable operations 270800Z apr until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…2017-04-26
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 08:31Z; 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.