Cable operations in progress until 13 sep by cableship dependable in area bound by 45-56.7N 008-48.9W,…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2778/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-09-14 00:01Z
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 II 263/20 100952Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-10 10:13Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2020-09-10 10:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 263/20 100952Z SEP 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 45.834, -7.711
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 08. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 13 SEP BY CABLESHIP DEPENDABLE IN AREA BOUND BY 45-56.7N 008-48.9W, 45-54.7N 006-49.2W, 45-40.0N 007-02.0W, 45-49.6N 008-39.5W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2777/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 SEP 20.
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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
152 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.
- Exposed submarine cable along trackline joining 47-39.49N 004-39.75W, 47-37.74N 004-42.30W, 47-36.75N…2024-08-30
- Hazardous operations sea trials 301400Z apr to 021600Z may by cableship ile d' ouessant in: a. 47-19.25N…2024-04-29
- Hazardous operations sea trials 020400Z to 021600Z may by cableship ile d'ouessant in 47-19.25N 006-33.27W2024-04-28
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship decisive in area bound by 48-12.47N…2024-03-08
- Cable operations 26 feb thru 15 mar by cableship decisive in area bound by 48-12.47N 010-29.54W, 48-12.47N…2024-02-23
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile d'ouessant in: a. 46-54.36N 010-00.52W2023-10-31
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
- Special operationsExercises · 91.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:46Z; 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.