Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V ramform titan towing 16 8100 meter long cables in…
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 645/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-10-07 15:52Z
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) · RAMFORM TITAN 230614Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-23 10:19Z. 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
- Labrador 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
- issued
- 2019-07-23 10:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RAMFORM TITAN 230614Z JUL 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RAMFORM TITAN
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 55.398, -54.044
- vessel
- M/V RAMFORM TITAN · 89 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
LABRADOR SEA. CANADA. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V RAMFORM TITAN TOWING 16 8100 METER LONG CABLES IN AREA BOUND BY 54-49N 054-04W, 55-07N 054-57W, 55-59N 054-02W, 55-40N 053-08W, 54-49N 054-04W. SEVEN MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 444/19.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- NAVAREA
- One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
6 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Survey operations 30 jul until further notice by M/V ramform atlas towing 16 five mile long cables in area…2020-07-29
- Oceanographic operations in progress until 211000Z aug by M/V maria s. merian in area bound by 57-32.40N…2015-08-11
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V polar prince in area bound by 53-43N 051-50W,…2014-09-17
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V polar prince in area bound by 55-51N 054-23W,…2014-09-16
- Underwater operations in progress until 26 aug by M/V thalassa in: a. 52-39.99N 051-52.94W2014-08-06
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
55 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 10:57Z; source collection times vary.
Surveys
Hydrographic and scientific survey vessels, often towing long arrays. All current survey operations →
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.