Cable operations 080600Z jul until further notice by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining 46-22N…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1117/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-07-30 09:13Z
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 208/11 071400Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-07 14:27Z. 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
- 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
- 2011-07-07 14:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 208/11 071400Z JUL 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 46.309, -22.374
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CABLE OPERATIONS 080600Z JUL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 46-22N 021-50W, 46-18N 022-23W, 46-16N 022-55W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
16 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Cable operations 12 aug until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 47-54.18N 020-08.50W,…2021-08-11
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 47-27.50N 025-32.00W,…2021-08-03
- Cable operations 30 jun until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 45-07N 021-48W, 45-15N…2021-06-29
- Cable operations 010500Z to 122359Z jun by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 48-03N 020-31W, 47-59N…2021-05-31
- Cable operations 050700Z may to 032359Z jun by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 44-32N 032-40W, 45-00N…2021-05-02
- Cable operations in progress until 11 aug by M/V rebecca in vicinity of trackline joining 48-31.1N…2020-08-05
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:46Z; 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.