Cable operations by ship ILE D OUESSANT occur from 15 to 20 August in an area near Canary Islands; wide berth requested.
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1568/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-21 15:40Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-13 18:26Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-23 15:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-08-13 18:26Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-21 00:01Z
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 28.063, -15.365
- nearest port
- Santa Cruz de Tenerife · 52 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
NORTH ATLANTIC. CANARY ISLANDS. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 15 THRU 20 AUG BY CABLESHIP ILE D OUESSANT IN AREA BOUND BY 28-03.92N 015-22.92W, 28-04.41N 015-21.17W, 28-03.62N 015-20.90W, 28-03.15N 015-22.65W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210001Z AUG 26.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
43 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 12 dec until further notice by vessel cableship ile de batz along trackline joining…2023-12-08
- Cable operations 311800Z may to 082359Z jun by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 28-50.80N 017-22.60W,…2022-05-31
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship teliri along trackline joining 26-16.5N…2021-04-21
- Cable operations in progress until 10 jan 21 by M/V fugro supporter in area bound by 30-04.3N 017-27.0W,…2021-01-07
- Cable operations 280100Z apr to 062359Z may by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining: 28-03.9N…2015-04-26
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V harrier explorer towing 9000 meter long cable in area…2014-12-17
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:11Z; 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.