Cable ops

Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform vanguard, M/V romulus and M/V arogant in area…

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 425/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-06-13 08:51Z

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 52/06 140934Z MAR 06.. Issued 2006-03-14 11:00Z. 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
Red Sea. 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 Red Sea →

issued
2006-03-14 11:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 52/06 140934Z MAR 06.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Red Sea
position
26.550, 34.391
vessels
M/V AROGANT · 2 messagesM/V RAMFORM VANGUARD · 519 messagesM/V ROMULUS · 6 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V RAMFORM VANGUARD, M/V ROMULUS
AND M/V AROGANT IN AREA BOUND BY
25-54.1N 034-28.1E, 26-30.0N 034-06.3E,
26-54.9N 034-03.7E, 27-04.8N 034-17.7E,
26-56.2N 034-33.4E, 26-20.2N 034-43.6E.

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

86 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:36Z; 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.