Cable ops

Seismic survey 24 sep until further notice by M/V bin hai towing 8000 meter long cable in area bound by…

NAVAREA IV 313/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-09-25 11:35Z

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) · CANHYDROLANT 580/04 241605Z SEP 04.. Issued 2004-09-24 20:36Z. 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.
issued
2004-09-24 20:36Z
status
Archived notice
authority
CANHYDROLANT 580/04 241605Z SEP 04.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
CANHYDROLANT
vessel
M/V BIN HAI · 3 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEISMIC SURVEY 24 SEP UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY M/V BIN HAI TOWING 8000 METER LONG
CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 57-00N 55-00W,
54-30N 50-30W,52-45N 55-00W, 55-30N 59-00W.
SIX MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:53Z; 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.