Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship maersk forwarder vicinity of trackline…
English Channel · HYDROLANT 1297/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-05-10 02:25Z
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) · 1. WZ 978/01 022312Z MAY 01; 2. MARISARDEGNA NR75/01 022145B MAY 01 & WZ 976\01 022102Z MAY 01; 3. WZ 978/01 022312Z. Issued 2001-05-03 00:07Z. 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
- English Channel. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Isola razzoli light 41-18.4N 009-20.4E unlitcancelled by this notice
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship maersk forwarder vicinity of trackline…cancelled by this notice
- Hyskier light 56-58N 006-41W at reduced intensitycancelled by this notice
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship maersk forwarder vicinity of trackline…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2001-05-03 00:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- 1. WZ 978/01 022312Z MAY 01; 2. MARISARDEGNA NR75/01 022145B MAY 01 & WZ 976\01 022102Z MAY 01; 3. WZ 978/01 022312Z
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.967, 1.642
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP MAERSK FORWARDER VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 51-00N 001-42E AND 50-56N 001-35E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1265/01(53) AND 1276/01(35), AIDS RESTORED. 3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1268/01.
Reading this warning
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
506 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 in progress until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat with submersible in…2026-09-20
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V aht elisa towing 1300 meter long pipeline along…2023-09-11
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder along trackline joining…2022-09-07
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder in vicinity of trackline joining…2022-08-01
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat and M/V brutus along…2021-11-11
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V sar fame in vicinity of trackline joining 52-29.7N…2021-10-17
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
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 13:09Z; 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.