Survey operations in progress until 13 dec by M/V sw vespucci towing four mile cables in area bound by…
Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 3344/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-27 21:09Z
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 658/20 131015Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-13 12:09Z. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →
- issued
- 2020-11-13 12:09Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 658/20 131015Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Bengal
- position
- 13.013, 92.443
- vessel
- M/V SW VESPUCCI · 10 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BENGAL. ANDAMAN ISLANDS. DNC 03. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 13 DEC BY M/V SW VESPUCCI TOWING FOUR MILE CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 13-22.67N 092-09.49E, 13-22.76N 092-50.35E, 13-15.01N 092-50.11E, 13-11.13N 092-48.71E, 13-07.05N 092-42.00E, 12-54.99N 092-39.60E, 12-50.81N 092-39.35E, 12-45.51N 092-40.01E, 12-35.96N 092-40.80E, 12-35.92N 092-09.56E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3107/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 DEC 20.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
34 within 180 nm since 2009 · 1 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 10 thru 19 apr in area bound by 11-29.73N 092-35.88E, 11-29.73N 092-38.17E, 11-31.52N…2026-04-06
- Survey operations 05 thru 15 apr in area bound by 10-35.00N 092-48.00E, 10-42.00N 092-48.00E, 10-42.00N…2024-04-03
- Survey operations in progress until 30 apr by M/V eagle explorer towing 1000 meter long cable in vicinity:…2023-04-27
- Survey operations in progress until 26 apr by M/V eagle explorer towing 10000 meter long cable in vicinity:…2023-03-28
- Survey operations in progress until 27 mar by M/V eagle explorer towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound…2023-03-06
- Survey operations 27 dec thru 26 jan 23 by M/V amazon warrior towing 10000 meter long cable in area bound by…2022-12-26
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:50Z; 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.