Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V bgp explorer towing 10000 meter long cable in area…
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 2775/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-08-22 02:20Z
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 X 41/18 302328Z JUL 18.. Issued 2018-07-31 03:19Z. 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
- Solomon 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2775/18 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2018-07-31 03:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA X 41/18 302328Z JUL 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -6.102, 147.517
- vessel
- M/V BGP EXPLORER · 33 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VITIAZ STRAIT. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V BGP EXPLORER TOWING 10000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA WITHIN 80 MILES OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 03-34.30S 143-41.38E AND 08-37.26S 151-20.18E. FIVE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
2 within 180 nm since 2018 · 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.
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
50 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:59Z; 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.