Seismic survey 17 thru 31 dec by M/V beaufort explorer towing 9500 meter long cable in area bound by 10-25S…
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 2760/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-24 11:56Z
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 956/10 120743Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-12 08:47Z. 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
- Timor 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
- 2010-12-12 08:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 956/10 120743Z DEC 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -10.892, 124.305
- 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
TIMOR SEA. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY 17 THRU 31 DEC BY M/V BEAUFORT EXPLORER TOWING 9500 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 10-25S 123-30E, 10-07S 126-05E, 11-11S 125-13E, 11-50S 123-25E, 11-00S 122-51E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 11.
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
24 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V audacia along trackline joining 13-46.85S…2025-03-27
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile d aix in area bound by 08-42.00S…2024-07-21
- Cable operations in progress until 12 may by cableship reliance in area bound by 11-30.7S 126-26.8E,…2021-05-05
- Cable operations 14 thru 29 jan by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 08-47.8S 123-09.5E,…2019-01-13
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 11-20.5S 126-38.0E2016-09-01
- Seismic survey 08 may until further notice by M/V voyager explorer towing 10050 meter long cable in area…2014-05-07
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:40Z; 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.