Cable ops

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.

All warning terms →

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

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05
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25
26

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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F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
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D

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.