Cable ops

Cable operations 241930Z thru 312359Z may by cableship leon thevenin within two miles of 39-02.9N 027-57.6W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1004/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-05-29 18:30Z

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) · NAVAREA II 163/03 220940Z MAY 03; NAVAREA II 162/03 220700Z MAY 03; WZ 646/03 221444Z MAY 03. Issued 2003-05-22 16:10Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 39.048, -27.960 with a 2.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2003-05-22 16:10Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2003-06-01 00:59Z
authority
NAVAREA II 163/03 220940Z MAY 03; NAVAREA II 162/03 220700Z MAY 03; WZ 646/03 221444Z MAY 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
39.048, -27.960 · r 2.0 nm
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE OPERATIONS 241930Z THRU 312359Z MAY BY
   CABLESHIP LEON THEVENIN WITHIN TWO MILES
   OF 39-02.9N 027-57.6W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 633/03(37), STATION RESTORED.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1001/03(35), MINE REMOVED.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z JUN.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Mines and mine danger areas
Sea mines reported adrift or found, and areas where mines are known or suspected to remain.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

7 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
10
15
20
23

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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F
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M
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N
D

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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:11Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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.