Geophysical operation in progress until further notice by M/V nikolay trubyatchinsky towing 12000 meter long…
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 43/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-02-24 19:20Z
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) · MEXICO IV 12/16 192051Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-19 21:29Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2016-01-19 21:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MEXICO IV 12/16 192051Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 20.873, -93.292
- vessel
- M/V NIKOLAY TRUBYATCHINSKY · 29 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. BAY OF CAMPECHE. GEOPHYSICAL OPERATION IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V NIKOLAY TRUBYATCHINSKY TOWING 12000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 21-39.00N 095-05.03W, 21-25.00N 094-44.01W, 21-58.00N 093-06.15W, 20-16.05N 092-11.00W, 19-31.00N 092-35.05W.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · tows
11 within 180 nm since 2015 · 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.
- Geophysical operations in progress until 08 nov by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-11-04
- Geophysical operations in progress until 01 nov by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-10-27
- Geophysical operations in progress until 25 oct by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-10-23
- Geophysical operations in progress until 11 oct by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-10-10
- Geophysical operations in progress until 31 jul 16 by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-10-07
- Geophysical operations in progress until 10 sep by M/V dong fang ming zhu towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-09-04
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
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 14:43Z; 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.