Cable operations in progress until 092300Z apr by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 37-33.7N…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1057/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-04-01 11:07Z
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 III 476/20 210205Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-21 02:08Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2020-03-21 02:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-04-10 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 476/20 210205Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 37.465, 3.407
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 092300Z APR BY CABLESHIP RAYMOND CROZE IN AREA BOUND BY 37-33.7N 003-19.1E, 37-27.9N 003-31.4E, 37-30.5N 003-48.5E, 37-25.3N 003-49.7E, 37-22.2N 003-30.1E, 37-28.2N 003-18.5E, 37-25.0N 003-00.3E, 37-30.2N 002-58.9E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 100001Z APR 20.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
44 within 180 nm since 2002 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Cable operations 281200Z sep until further notice by M/V maasvliet along tracklines joining: a. 39-32.67N…2026-09-28
- Cable operations by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…2026-09-28
- Cable operations 041900Z dec thru 212359Z jan 23 by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 36-14.50N…2022-12-02
- Cable operations 070001Z to 222359Z may by cableship raymond croze in area within ten miles of 38-28.70N…2022-05-05
- Cable operations 081400Z to 201400Z apr by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 37-24.0N 003-45.0E,…2021-04-07
- Cable operations in progress until 01 apr by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 38-55.53N 002-58.11E,…2021-03-24
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
- Cable operations by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…Cable ops · 102.5 nm
- Hazardous operations 290001Z to 302359Z oct in area bound by 38-30.60N 000-30.80E, 38-35.50N 000-46.40E,…Exercises · 118.9 nm
- Drifting target shooting exercise from 290001 to 292359 UTC oct 26 or 300001 to 302359 UTC oct 26Other · 118.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:21Z; 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.