Towing

Geophysical operations in progress until further notice by M/V maersk chignecto towing 750 meter long cable…

Western North Atlantic · Newfoundland · NAVAREA IV 414/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-12-24 10:36Z

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) · CANLANT 166/11 231041Z NOV 11.. Issued 2011-11-23 11:44Z. 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: Western North Atlantic · Newfoundland. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

issued: 2011-11-23 11:44Z
status: Archived notice
authority: CANLANT 166/11 231041Z NOV 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: CANLANT
vessel: M/V MAERSK CHIGNECTO
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
NEWFOUNDLAND.
GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V MAERSK CHIGNECTO TOWING 750 METER
LONG CABLE IN AREA BETWEEN
46-52N 46-33N AND 047-53W 048-15W.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

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.

All warning terms →

Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 tows listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:31Z; source collection times vary.

Towing

Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →

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.