Seismic survey in progress until 15 apr by M/V nordic energy towing 6500 meter long cable in area bound by…
Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 806/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-04-16 00:01Z
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 175/12 200700Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-20 08:49Z. 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
- Malacca Strait. 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 Malacca Strait →
- issued
- 2012-03-20 08:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 175/12 200700Z MAR 12.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Malacca Strait
- position
- 4.436, 98.534
- vessel
- M/V NORDIC ENERGY · 26 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
STRAIT OF MALACCA. 1. SEISMIC SURVEY IN PROGRESS UNTIL 15 APR BY M/V NORDIC ENERGY TOWING 6500 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 04-55N 098-20E, 04-54N 098-35E, 04-03N 098-51E, 04-00N 098-34E, 04-12N 098-21E, 04-23N 098-18E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 APR.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
27 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 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 29 dec until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…2025-12-28
- Cable operations by cableship peter faber: a. 16 thru 22 nov along trackline joining 02-10.90N 102-01.69E,…2023-11-16
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship resolute in vicinity of trackline joining…2023-11-06
- Cable operations 10 thru 18 oct by cableship peter faber in vicinity of trackline joining 06-45.04N…2023-10-09
- Cable operations 29 jul until further notice by cableship teneo in vicinity 02-51.00N 100-42.49E2023-07-27
- Cable operations 29 jul until further notice by cableship teneo in vicinity 05-51.00N 100-42.49E2023-07-27
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 2026-10-01 23:54Z; 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.