Cable ops

Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform sterling towing 7000 meter long cable in area…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 3389/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-02-10 13:14Z

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 VII 359/13 300735Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-30 19:12Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. 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
2013-10-30 19:12Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VII 359/13 300735Z OCT 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-17.626, 42.131
vessel
M/V RAMFORM STERLING · 24 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY M/V RAMFORM STERLING TOWING 7000 METER LONG
CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
15-30.0S 042-13.3E, 16-00.0S 043-10.0E,
18-20.0S 043-00.0E, 19-40.0S 041-30.0E,
19-10.0S 041-00.0E, 18-20.0S 041-00.0E.
SEVEN MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

7 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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13

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 00:54Z; 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.