Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes with submersible in area…

Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya · HYDROLANT 141/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-01-21 13:04Z

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 27/13 161217Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-16 15:47Z. 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
Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya. No usable coordinates were parsed; a location-based nearby search is unavailable. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
issued
2013-01-16 15:47Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 27/13 161217Z JAN 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
LIBYA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
   BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES WITH SUBMERSIBLE
   IN AREA BETWEEN
   32-39N 32-43N AND 014-18E 014-30E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 101/13.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

No parsed position is available for this comparison.

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:44Z; 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.