Cable operations 101200Z to 171200Z oct by cableship pierre de fermat in area bound by 36-17N 015-08W,…
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3044/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-17 13:00Z
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 296/20 062048Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-06 21:03Z. 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
- 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-10-10 12:00Z | 2020-10-17 12:00Z | — | 168 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2020-10-06 21:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-10-17 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 296/20 062048Z OCT 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 36.153, -14.672
- 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 101200Z TO 171200Z OCT BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT IN AREA BOUND BY 36-17N 015-08W, 36-16N 014-15W, 36-00N 014-14W, 36-04N 015-08W. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171300Z OCT 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
23 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 181200Z dec until further notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining 30-33.88N…2023-12-17
- Cable operations until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 35-28.9N 011-24.4W,…2022-02-10
- Cable operations until further notice by cableship it intrepid along trackline joining 35-28.83N 011-24.43W,…2022-02-03
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship lida in area bound by 37-16N 011-39W, 37-08N…2018-05-23
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship lida in area bound by 37-21N 011-20W, 37-16N…2018-05-21
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship lida in area bound by 36-56N 012-22W, 36-59N…2018-05-19
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:13Z; 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.