Survey operations by Kohinoor 1 until 12 October and Fugro Mapper until 15 October continue in the Arabian Sea off India in four areas, requesting a wide berth.
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2743/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-22 12:24Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 11:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Arabian 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2026-09-22 12:24Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-16 00:01Z
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 20.199, 71.887
- vessel
- M/V FUGRO MAPPER · 85 messages
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS BY KOHINOOR 1 UNTIL 12 OCT,
AND M/V FUGRO MAPPER UNTIL 15 OCT
IN AREAS BOUNDED BY:
A. 19-41.07N 071-06.86E, 19-40.69N 071-36.43E,
19-12.14N 071-35.97E, 19-12.52N 071-06.49E.
B. 20-27.62N 072-27.79E, 20-00.87N 072-27.20E,
20-01.97N 071-19.79E, 20-21.93N 071-18.12E.
C. 19-24.28N 071-55.82E, 19-23.94N 072-16.01E,
19-08.52N 072-15.70E, 19-08.86N 071-55.54E.
D. 18-36.49N 072-10.51E, 18-36.34N 072-19.25E,
18-29.63N 072-19.12E, 18-29.78N 072-10.39E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2677/26.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 160001Z OCT 26.Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
603 within 180 nm since 2003 · 26 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.
- Survey operations 17 sep thru 15 oct by M/V fugro mapper in areas bound by: a. 20-22.00N 071-18.00E,…2026-09-16
- Survey operations 11 sep thru 26 oct by M/V vanessa 6 in area bound by 19-30.97N 071-21.32E, 19-35.32N…2026-09-10
- Survey operations 15 jul thru 14 aug by M/V trimurti in area bound by 19-07.08N 072-48.20E, 19-05.68N…2026-07-15
- Survey operations 01 thru 30 apr by M/V vanessa 7 in area bound by 19-23.19N 071-17.41E, 19-23.60N…2026-03-30
- Survey operations 01 thru 30 apr 26 by M/V vanessa 6 towing 150 meter long cable in area bound by 20-13.31N…2026-03-30
- Survey operations in progress until 15 may by M/V sea stallion and M/V sea melody in areas bound by: a.…2026-03-30
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
- Derelict M/V al jafzia aground in 19-11.50N 072-46.40EDerelicts · 78.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
51 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 11:30Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.