Cable ops
Seismic survey 22 mar until further notice by M/V pacific sword towing 3600 meter long cable in area between…
HYDROPAC 504/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-31 00:58Z
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) · MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 53/03 210054Z MAR 03; MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND POR EGC#997 210919Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-21 09:50Z. 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
- No named location parsed. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific sword towing 3.7 mile long cable in area…cancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 121.5 and 243.0 mhz vicinity 32-44S 164-14Ecancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received from M/V van don 02 in 19-00N 111-39Elater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-03-21 09:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 53/03 210054Z MAR 03; MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND POR EGC#997 210919Z MAR 03
- issued by
- MNZ
- vessel
- M/V PACIFIC SWORD · 108 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 22 MAR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V PACIFIC SWORD TOWING 3600 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BETWEEN 39-00S 39-45S AND 173-00E 173-40E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 503/03(74,75,76), PERSONS RESCUED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2437/02(72).
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.
- 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.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No parsed position is available for this comparison.
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:31Z; 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.