Geophysical survey in progress until 151830Z feb 17 by M/V fugro voyager in area bound by 16-37.0N…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3067/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-10-17 13:45Z
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 VIII 623/16 071002Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-07 15:15Z. 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
- Bay of Bengal. 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 3067/16, 3069/16later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2016-10-07 15:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-02-15 19:30Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 623/16 071002Z OCT 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 16.233, 82.283
- vessel
- M/V FUGRO VOYAGER · 7 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. INDIA. DNC 03. 1. GEOPHYSICAL SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 151830Z FEB 17 BY M/V FUGRO VOYAGER IN AREA BOUND BY 16-37.0N 082-25.0E, 16-23.1N 081-57.1E, 15-56.1N 081-57.1E, 15-55.1N 082-34.0E, 16-37.0N 082-34.1E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151930Z FEB 17.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
149 within 180 nm since 2004 · 5 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 28 sep thru 09 nov by M/V sw duchess in area bound by 14-12.00N 081-13.00E, 13-34.00N…2026-09-27
- Survey operations 10 sep thru 21 oct by M/V lay vessel 108 in area bound by 16-31.55N 082-18.71E, 16-31.52N…2026-09-09
- Survey operations 20 dec thru 18 jan 26 by M/V oceanic sirius and M/V sw bly in area bound by 16-54.00N…2025-12-16
- Survey operations 30 nov to 30 dec by M/V sambhavya in area bound by 16-15.94N 081-16.99E, 16-13.50N…2025-11-29
- Survey operations 29 nov thru 28 dec by M/V sw bly in area bound by 16-54.00N 084-37.00E, 16-47.00N…2025-11-28
- Survey operations in progress until 15 mar by M/V coastal triumph in area bound by 16-36.83N 082-24.50E,…2025-02-03
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:33Z; 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.