Cable ops

Underwater cable operations in progress until 11 jun by cableship teneo between 41-11.0N 002-27.9E and…

Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 1189/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-06-12 06:00Z

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 236/99 090004Z JUN 99; AOR-E EGC 799/99. Issued 1999-06-09 00:51Z. 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
Balearic (Iberian Sea). The parsed report position is 40.994, 2.431. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
1999-06-09 00:51Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 236/99 090004Z JUN 99; AOR-E EGC 799/99
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Balearic (Iberian Sea)
position
40.994, 2.431
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 11 JUN
   BY CABLESHIP TENEO BETWEEN
   41-11.0N 002-27.9E AND 40-48.3N 002-23.8E.
2. SPHERICAL BUOY, YELLOW, FL W 3 SEC TEMPORARILY ESTABLISHED IN
   41-11.0N 002-27.9E.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1149/99.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 JUN.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Light characteristic
The coded description of a light — FL W 10 SEC 8 METERS 8 MILES — giving its rhythm, colour, period, height and range.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

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

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24

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

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 2026-10-03 04:00Z; 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.