Cable operations are ongoing in the North Sea off England until further notice by cableship Pierre de Fermat with a submersible at 53-00.30N 002-23.90E requesting a one-mile berth.
North Sea · HYDROLANT 1859/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z
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 2026-09-20 04:51Z. First collected 2026-09-23 15:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 12:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Sea. The parsed report position is 53.005, 2.398. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2026-09-20 04:51Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- North Sea
- position
- 53.005, 2.398
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-23 15:02Z
Original warning text
NORTH SEA. ENGLAND. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT WITH SUBMERSIBLE IN 53-00.30N 002-23.90E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
534 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.
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V aht elisa towing 1300 meter long pipeline along…2023-09-11
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder along trackline joining…2022-09-07
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship responder in vicinity of trackline joining…2022-08-01
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V sar fame in vicinity of trackline joining 52-29.7N…2021-10-17
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V sar fame in vicinity of trackline joining 52-29.7N…2021-09-05
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V sar fame in vicinity of trackline joining 52-29.7N…2021-09-03
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 2026-09-24 12:21Z; 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.