Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific titan towing 8000 meter long cable in area…
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 469/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-26 10:58Z
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) · CNW 20/09 032151Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-04 15:23Z. 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
- Tasman 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2009-03-04 15:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- CNW 20/09 032151Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -34.806, 170.113
- vessel
- M/V PACIFIC TITAN · 66 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 PACIFIC TITAN TOWING 8000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 32-15S 167-50E, 32-15S 170-30E, 36-45S 174-00E, 36-45S 167-40E. SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 423/09.
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
9 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 laying operations 14 dec until further notice by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining…2016-12-12
- Cable laying operations 21 oct until further notice by cableship ile de re vicinity of trackline joining…2016-10-19
- Seismic survey in progress until 31 mar by M/V aquila explorer towing 5.7 mile long cable in area bound by…2015-02-09
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific titan towing 8000 meter long cable along…2008-10-22
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ocean commander vicinity 36-23.4S 172-21.0E1999-12-01
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableships ocean commander and cable innovator…1999-08-13
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:23Z; 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.