Cable ops

Cable operations 120600Z jan to 152359Z feb by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 14-16.8N 017-52.3W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 131/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-02-07 12:38Z

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 14/18 111618Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-11 16:52Z. 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 →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-01-12 06:00Z2018-02-15 23:59Z—833 h 59

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2018-01-11 16:52Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-02-16 01:00Z
authority
NAVAREA II 14/18 111618Z JAN 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
10.671, -17.441
vessel
M/V REBECCA · 100 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
GUINEA-BISSAU.
DNC 01.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 120600Z JAN TO
   152359Z FEB BY M/V REBECCA ALONG TRACKLINE
   JOINING
   14-16.8N 017-52.3W, 13-44.4N 017-52.2W,
   10-07.3N 018-03.2W, 09-00.2N 017-17.3W,
   07-54.7N 015-22.8W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 119/18.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 160100Z FEB 18.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

32 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:13Z; 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.