Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V atlantic explorer towing six 4520 meter long cables…
Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 35/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-02-15 01:30Z
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 340/00 200830Z DEC 00. Issued 2001-01-07 11:25Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V atlantic explorer towing six 4520 meter long cables…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 35/01 and this msglater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2001-01-07 11:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 340/00 200830Z DEC 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Suez
- position
- 27.949, 33.702
- vessel
- M/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER · 64 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 FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V ATLANTIC EXPLORER TOWING SIX 4520 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 27-46.3N 033-42.7E, 27-54.7N 033-53.9E, 28-02.1N 033-45.0E, 28-09.8N 033-38.0E, 28-05.6N 033-35.4E, 28-06.4N 033-37.5E, 28-03.3N 033-34.2E, 28-01.4N 033-35.9E, 27-57.4N 033-35.8E, 27-57.3N 033-31.4E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1605/00.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
90 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.
- Cable operations 10 aug thru 01 oct by cableship nautilus along trackline joining 28-22.30N 033-06.10E,…2023-08-07
- Cable operations 23 feb thru 04 mar by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 27-11.6N 034-46.4E, 27-06.7N…2023-02-23
- Cable operations 01 thru 11 feb by c/s ile de brehat in area bound by 27-14.23N 034-34.54E, 27-15.27N…2023-01-31
- Cable operations in progress until 22 jan by cableship ile daix fici along trackline joining 27-25.00N…2023-01-20
- Cable operations 21 thru 25 nov by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining 28-22.00N 033-05.20E,…2022-11-20
- Cable operations 26 oct thru 20 nov by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining 28-22.40N 033-06.40E,…2022-10-25
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 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.