Cable operations by vessel Maasvliet are underway in the Balearic Islands, Western Mediterranean Sea, from 28 September at 1200 UTC until further notice; wide berth requested.
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1924/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z
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 2026-09-28 08:25Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-29 03:17Z. 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 →
- issued
- 2026-09-28 08:25Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.538, 5.284
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:32Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. BALEARIC ISLANDS. CABLE OPERATIONS 281200Z SEP UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V MAASVLIET ALONG TRACKLINES JOINING: A. 39-32.67N 001-22.32E, 40-00.45N 001-50.71E. B. 38-17.61N 003-23.15E, 38-42.10N 004-24.37E. C. 37-50.58N 008-49.22E, 37-39.59N 009-47.26E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
68 within 180 nm since 2001 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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 by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…2026-09-28
- Cable operations 041900Z dec thru 212359Z jan 23 by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 36-14.50N…2022-12-02
- Cable operations 070001Z to 222359Z may by cableship raymond croze in area within ten miles of 38-28.70N…2022-05-05
- Underwater operations in progress until 152359Z sep by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 38-11.80N…2021-09-05
- Underwater operations 011400Z sep until further notice by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 38-11.80N…2021-08-30
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat along trackline joining…2021-04-22
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 03:18Z; 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.