Cable operations in progress by M/V rene descartes: a. within three miles of 38-07.1N 010-06.0E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1954/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-12-09 12:06Z
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 671/04 071213Z DEC 04.. Issued 2004-12-07 14:00Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2004-12-07 14:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 671/04 071213Z DEC 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 37.565, 12.245
- vessel
- M/V RENE DESCARTES · 13 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS BY M/V RENE DESCARTES:
A. WITHIN THREE MILES OF 38-07.1N 010-06.0E.
B. IN AREA BOUND BY 37-51.2N 010-13.8E, 37-47.8N 010-20.0E,
37-30.7N 010-07.0E, 37-20.0N 010-03.0E, 37-17.6N 009-56.8E,
37-19.7N 009-53.8E, 37-26.6N 009-58.7E, 37-33.9N 010-00.5E.
C. IN AREA BOUND BY 38-03.5N 010-49.8E, 38-01.4N 011-13.8E, 37-55.5N 011-23.9E,
37-55.7N 011-52.8E, 37-52.0N 011-58.5E, 37-24.4N 012-31.0E,
37-21.8N 012-44.3E, 37-22.6N 013-00.0E, 37-05.2N 013-26.6E,
37-01.1N 013-21.4E, 37-15.8N 012-48.4E, 37-15.2N 012-45.0E,
37-18.4N 012-27.6E, 37-43.4N 011-58.6E, 37-49.6N 011-48.0E,
37-50.4N 011-24.2E, 37-56.6N 011-10.2E, 37-58.4N 010-49.8E.
D. IN AREA BOUND BY 38-12.5N 013-20.0E, 38-12.0N 013-20.3E, 38-13.0N 013-23.0E,
38-19.0N 013-20.0E, 38-18.0N 013-15.8E, 38-13.0N 013-21.0E.
ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1907/04.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
226 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.
- Cable operations 28 aug thru 10 sep by cableship cable vigilance in area within one mile of 37-47.30N…2023-08-27
- Pipeline operations in progress until 13 feb 22 by M/V ievoli ivori in area bound by 37-01.0N 011-04.2E,…2021-10-30
- 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 14 apr by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 38-56.44N 010-50.23E,…2021-04-05
- Cable operations in progress until 02 may by cableship pierre de fermat: a. along trackline joining…2021-03-31
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 02:36Z; 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.