Cable ops

Underwater operations in progress until 080200Z jun by cableship pierre de fermat in area within one mile of…

Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland · HYDROLANT 1684/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-06-08 03:00Z

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) · WZ 532/19 011655Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-01 18:36Z. 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: Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland. 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 Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland →

issued: 2019-06-01 18:36Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-06-08 03:00Z
authority: WZ 532/19 011655Z JUN 19.
issued by: WZ
sea: Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland
position: 54.496, -5.842
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH CHANNEL.
IRISH SEA.
IRELAND TO SCOTLAND.
DNC 20.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   080200Z JUN BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT
   IN AREA WITHIN ONE MILE OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   53-28.5N 005-55.0W, 55-30.0N 005-46.0W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 080300Z JUN 19.

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.
Underwater operations: Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
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.
Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Within a radius of: A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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

278 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:10Z; 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.