Geophysical operations in progress until 01 nov by M/V akademik lazarev towing 12000 meter long cable in…
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 905/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-11-02 00:01Z
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 218/15 271825Z OCT 15.. Issued 2015-10-27 20:27Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2015-10-27 20:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MEXICO IV 218/15 271825Z OCT 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MEXICO IV
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 20.584, -93.732
- vessel
- M/V AKADEMIK LAZAREV · 47 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. MEXICO. 1. GEOPHYSICAL OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 01 NOV BY M/V AKADEMIK LAZAREV TOWING 12000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 22-03.24N 093-23.52W, 20-56.29N 091-55.47W, 20-16.95N 091-57.54W, 18-46.15N 094-51.85W, 18-51.85N 095-07.19W, 22-02.73N 094-45.19W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 NOV 15.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · tows
10 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 operation in progress until further notice by M/V nikolay trubyatchinsky towing 12000 meter long…2016-01-19
- 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 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 03 sep by M/V dong fang ming zhu towing 12000 meter long cable in…2015-08-31
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 2026-09-25 01:05Z; 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.