Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship raymond croze vicinity of trackline joining…
Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 206/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-26 23:32Z
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 46/16 231859Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-23 19:30Z. 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
- Ionian Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- issued
- 2016-01-23 19:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 46/16 231859Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ionian Sea
- position
- 37.120, 15.791
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SOUTHERN IONIAN SEA. SICILY-EAST COAST. DNC 09. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RAYMOND CROZE VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 37-21.0N 015-28.0E, 37-18.8N 015-42.5E, 37-07.9N 015-47.2E, 36-59.9N 015-56.2E, 36-51.0E 015-58.4E, 36-45.4N 016-00.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 177/16.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
121 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 in progress until 071000Z oct in: a. 36-12.78N 015-52.58E2026-09-28
- Submarine cable and rov works days 280000 UTC sep 26 to 071000 UTC oct 26 at points: 36-12.78N 015-52.58E…2026-09-28
- Cable operations 211800Z to 302200Z apr by cableship rebecca along tracklines joining: a. 37-44.50N…2023-04-21
- Cable operations 23 mar thru 11 apr by cableship antonio meucci in area bound by 36-12.00N 014-59.00E,…2021-03-22
- Cable operations in progress until 28 feb 21 by M/V msv ocean intervention II in areas bound by: a.…2020-12-02
- Cable operations from 060500Z to 280500Z nov by cableship pierre de fermat with submersible in area bound by…2020-11-04
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:06Z; 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.