Survey operations by vessel FUGRO DISCOVERY in North Atlantic off Virginia from July 23 to August 26, wide berth requested.
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 708/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-28 19:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-21 17:39Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-28 19:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-07-21 17:39Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-26 00:01Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.385, -73.710
- vessel
- M/V FUGRO DISCOVERY · 26 messages
- nearest port
- Chesapeake · 124 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. VIRGINIA. 1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 23 JUL UNTIL 26 AUG BY M/V FUGRO DISCOVERY ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 36-15.04N 071-25.95W, 36-15.13N 071-28.42W, 36-17.01N 072-11.50W, 36-18.08N 072-35.85W, 36-18.57N 072-47.25W, 36-19.15N 073-00.35W, 36-20.08N 073-21.78W, 36-20.88N 073-40.18W, 36-20.36N 073-46.32W, 36-19.83N 073-52.40W, 36-20.31N 074-06.35W, 36-20.61N 074-16.01W, 36-20.97N 074-27.47W, 36-21.64N 074-32.58W, 36-21.90N 074-34.46W, 36-23.30N 074-40.15W, 36-26.59N 074-53.53W, 36-27.36N 074-56.65W, 36-29.37N 075-02.72W, 36-34.41N 075-22.15W, 36-35.02N 075-24.52W, 36-38.56N 075-38.18W, 36-39.34N 075-41.19W, 36-41.79N 075-50.66W, 36-41.99N 075-51.43W, 36-42.04N 075-51.62W, 36-42.18N 075-51.96W, 36-43.92N 075-54.10W, 36-44.04N 075-54.32W, 36-44.88N 075-55.82W, 36-44.89N 075-55.83W, 36-44.89N 075-55.90W, 36-44.91N 075-56.03W, 36-44.90N 075-56.03W, 36-44.87N 075-56.31W, 36-44.87N 075-56.38W, 36-44.84N 075-56.47W, 36-44.77N 075-56.68W, 36-44.76N 075-56.70W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 707/26. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 260001Z AUG 26.
Reading this warning
- Survey operations
- A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · survey operations
6 within 180 nm since 2005 · 2 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.
- Underwater operations 30800Z aug to 180800Z sep by M/V atlantis in area within ten miles of 37-32.00N…2026-08-18
- Louisiana to maryland2022-10-10
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V fugro supporter along tracklines joining: a.…2022-06-24
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in areas bound by: a. 38-21N 072-24W, 38-14N…2020-05-21
- Salvage operations in progress until further notice by USS grapple vicinity 36-36N 075-20W2005-02-21
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
56 survey operations listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 10:31Z; 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.