Cable ops

Survey operations 160600Z to 200900Z may by M/V aigaio in area between 36-50.5N 36-49.5N and 021-37.5E…

Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 1535/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-05-20 10:00Z

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 416/18 161732Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-16 18:08Z. 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
Ionian Sea. 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 Ionian Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2018-05-16 06:00Z2018-05-20 09:00Z—99 h

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

issued
2018-05-16 18:08Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-05-20 10:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 416/18 161732Z MAY 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Ionian Sea
position
36.844, 21.595
vessel
M/V AIGAIO · 21 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

IONIAN SEA.
GREECE.
DNC 09.
1. SURVEY OPERATIONS 160600Z TO 200900Z MAY BY
   M/V AIGAIO IN AREA BETWEEN
   36-50.5N 36-49.5N AND 021-37.5E 021-39.0E.
2. SURVEY OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP ANTONIO MEUCCI:
   A. 17 MAY ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
      36-51.9N 021-35.2E TO 36-49.5N 021-35.8E.
   B. 18 AND 19 MAY ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
      36-50.5N 021-35.5E AND 36-50.6N 021-36.6E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
3. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1518/18.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 201000Z MAY 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.
Survey operations
A research or survey vessel is mapping the seabed or water column, often while towing equipment.
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.
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.
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.
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

79 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
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15
20
21

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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:48Z; 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.