Cable ops

Cable operations 161000Z to 231000Z may by M/V teneo between 38-03.0N 009-17.0E and 38-03.3N 009-12.5E

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1744/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-05-22 10:10Z

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 222/00 151211Z MAY 00; NAVAREA III 220/00 151206Z MAY 00. Issued 2000-05-15 13:22Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2000-05-16 10:00Z2000-05-23 10:00Z—168 h

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

issued
2000-05-15 13:22Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2000-05-23 11:00Z
authority
NAVAREA III 222/00 151211Z MAY 00; NAVAREA III 220/00 151206Z MAY 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
38.053, 9.246
vessel
M/V TENEO · 20 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE OPERATIONS 161000Z TO 231000Z MAY BY M/V TENEO
   BETWEEN 38-03.0N 009-17.0E AND 38-03.3N 009-12.5E.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1644/00.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 231100Z MAY.

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.
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.
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

165 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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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M
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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 13:08Z; 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.