Seismic survey in progress until 25 dec by M/V orient explorer towing four mile long cable in area bound by…
Celebes Sea · HYDROPAC 2529/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-26 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 XI 775/08 20 DEC 08.. Issued 2008-12-20 11:59Z. 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
- Celebes 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.
- issued
- 2008-12-20 11:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 775/08 20 DEC 08.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Celebes Sea
- position
- 2.738, 118.648
- vessel
- M/V ORIENT EXPLORER · 116 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 25 DEC BY M/V ORIENT EXPLORER TOWING FOUR MILE LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 02-33N 118-09E, 03-12N 119-00E, 02-54N 119-08E, 02-17N 118-17E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 26 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
9 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 10 mar by M/V orient explorer towing four three mile long cables in area…2011-02-13
- Seismic survey in progress until 12 feb by M/V orient explorer towing three mile long cable in area bound by…2011-02-05
- Seismic survey in progress until 30 dec by M/V reflect resolution towing four four mile long cables in area…2010-10-28
- Seismic survey in progress until 04 sep by M/V nordic energy towing 7000 meter long cable in area bound by…2010-07-08
- Seismic survey in progress until 16 dec by M/V orient explorer towing four mile long cable in area bound by…2008-12-09
- Seismic survey in progress until 28 aug by M/V orient explorer towing four mile long cables in area bound by…2008-08-09
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 04:03Z; 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.