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Seismic survey 01 feb thru 15 apr by M/V ramform titan in areas bound by: a. 19-50.30N 092-14.62E, 19-32.70N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 338/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-03-12 16:31Z

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 72/15 291003Z JAN 15.. Issued 2015-01-29 12:13Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued
2015-01-29 12:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 72/15 291003Z JAN 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
19.626, 92.237
vessel
M/V RAMFORM TITAN · 89 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
BURMA.
DNC 03.
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 01 FEB THRU 15 APR BY
   M/V RAMFORM TITAN IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 19-50.30N 092-14.62E, 19-32.70N 092-25.58E,
      19-27.68N 092-16.60E, 19-35.10N 092-07.50E,
      19-40.02N 092-04.37E.
   B. 19-34.58N 092-32.42E, 19-21.35N 092-40.52E,
      19-14.90N 092-44.45E, 19-10.77N 092-36.93E,
      19-17.22N 092-33.00E, 19-30.38N 092-24.93E.
   FOUR KILOMETER BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 APR 15.

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.
Seismic survey
A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

35 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:01Z; 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.