Cable ops

Cable laying operations 231200Z aug to 061200Z sep by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining…

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1329/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-09-06 13:00Z

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 II 274/11 220430Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-22 07:26Z. 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: Gulf of Guinea. 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 Gulf of Guinea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2011-08-23 12:00Z	2011-09-06 12:00Z	—	336 h

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

issued: 2011-08-22 07:26Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-09-06 13:00Z
authority: NAVAREA II 274/11 220430Z AUG 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 3.704, -2.041
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 231200Z AUG TO 061200Z SEP
   BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   05-14.5N 003-57.2W, 05-02.9N 003-51.8W,
   04-55.2N 003-49.3W, 04-54.7N 003-49.3W,
   04-29.6N 003-39.8W, 04-04.3N 003-37.4W,
   03-50.9N 003-28.7W, 03-31.0N 002-58.3W,
   03-14.1N 002-34.7W, 03-04.5N 002-27.1W,
   03-03.5N 002-13.9W, 03-13.0N 001-14.7W,
   03-32.2N 000-16.7W, 04-01.4N 000-34.0E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 061300Z SEP.

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.
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.
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

58 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:40Z; 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.