Cable ops

Cable operations 13 jan thru 10 feb by gsp falcon and gsp antares in area bound by 44-10.50N 030-11.75E,…

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 102/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-11 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) · ROMANIA HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE 2/23 121300Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-12 15:53Z. 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
Black 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

issued
2023-01-12 15:53Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-02-11 00:01Z
authority
ROMANIA HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE 2/23 121300Z JAN 23.
issued by
ROMANIA HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
sea
Black Sea
position
44.126, 30.057
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
ROMANIA.
DNC 10.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 13 JAN THRU 10 FEB
   BY GSP FALCON AND GSP ANTARES IN
   AREA BOUND BY
   44-10.50N 030-11.75E, 44-13.15N 030-09.00E,
   44-08.90N 030-02.25E, 44-04.60N 029-55.00E,
   44-02.00N 029-58.00E, 44-06.25N 030-04.75E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z FEB 23.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

92 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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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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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:27Z; 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.