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Seismic survey in progress until 15 mar by M/V geo pacific towing 6 seven mile long cables in area bound by…

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 305/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-02-27 13:00Z

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 IX 35/03 190904Z FEB 03. Issued 2003-02-19 10:30Z. 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 Suez. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2003-02-19 10:30Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 35/03 190904Z FEB 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Suez
position
29.511, 32.602
vessel
M/V GEO PACIFIC · 15 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 15 MAR BY
   M/V GEO PACIFIC TOWING 6 SEVEN MILE LONG CABLES
   IN AREA BOUND BY 29-37N 032-23E,
   29-42N 032-31E, 29-33N 032-41E,
   29-21N 032-48E, 29-18N 032-44E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 MAR.

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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

175 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:14Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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