Seismic survey 19 apr until further notice by M/V ramform challenger towing three mile long cable in area…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 573/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-05 06:55Z
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 XI 204/01 171200Z APR 01. Issued 2001-04-17 14:42Z. 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
- South China 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
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform challenger towing four mile long cable in…cancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 36-12S 179-02Elater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2001-04-17 14:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 204/01 171200Z APR 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 7.963, 108.886
- vessel
- M/V RAMFORM CHALLENGER · 110 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEISMIC SURVEY 19 APR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V RAMFORM CHALLENGER TOWING THREE MILE LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 07-54N 108-38E, 08-11N 108-59E, 07-59N 109-08E, 07-50N 108-55E, 07-52N 108-53E, 07-45N 108-45E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 154/01.
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.
- 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
108 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 until further notice by cableship teneo in 06-47.46N 109-19.20E2024-03-25
- Cable operations 28 jan thru 06 feb by c/s teneo in vicinity 06-47.46N 109-19.20E2024-01-27
- Cable operations 05 thru 14 jul by cableship teneo in vicinity of 07-30.0N 109-06.2E2021-07-04
- Cable operations in progress until 30 nov by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 05-41.0N…2020-11-20
- Cable operations in progress until 25 nov by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 05-41.0N…2020-11-14
- Cable operations in progress until 01 nov by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 05-41.0N…2020-10-22
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 42.1 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 59 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:12Z; 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.