Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V fugro gauss towing 3000M cable along trackline…

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2287/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-08 13:13Z

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 VII 284/19 261158Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-26 16:03Z. 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
South Atlantic Ocean. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2019-07-26 16:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VII 284/19 261158Z JUL 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Atlantic Ocean
position
-22.709, 13.448
vessel
M/V FUGRO GAUSS · 13 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
NAMIBIA.
DNC 01.
CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY M/V FUGRO GAUSS TOWING 3000M CABLE
ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
22-38.8S 014-31.3E, 22-46.3S 012-22.5E.
TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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

21 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:17Z; 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.