Cable operations in progress until 22 oct by cableship ile d'ouessant in area bound by 33-49.11N 030-52.08E,…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3100/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-17 12:19Z
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 1354/20 121222Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-12 13:58Z. 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
- Cable operations in progress until 15 oct by cableship ile d'ouessant in area bound by 33-49.11N 030-52.08E,…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROLANT 3100/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2020-10-12 13:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 1354/20 121222Z OCT 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 33.726, 31.052
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. CYPRUS-SOUTHWEST COAST. DNC 10. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 22 OCT BY CABLESHIP ILE D'OUESSANT IN AREA BOUND BY 33-49.11N 030-52.08E, 33-49.11N 031-14.10E, 33-38.01N 031-14.10E, 33-38.01N 030-52.08E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2945/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 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.
- 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
241 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 01 thru 04 sep in area bound by 34-47N 032-19E, 34-42N 032-33E, 34-22N 032-24E, 34-26N…2021-08-30
- Cable operations 24 thru 27, 30 and 31 aug by M/V bold maverick in areas bound by: a. 34-47.00N 032-19.00E,…2021-08-21
- Cable operations 151600Z to 202359Z mar by cableship raymond croze in area within three miles of 31-13.2N…2021-03-14
- Cable operations in progress until 15 oct by cableship ile d'ouessant in area bound by 33-49.11N 030-52.08E,…2020-09-28
- Cable operations 072200Z to 212359Z may by M/V rebecca in area bound by 33-18N 029-36E, 33-02N 030-59E,…2020-05-07
- Cable operations 080800Z jun until further notice by cableship raymond croze with submersible in area bound…2019-06-05
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
- Odas buoy 33-33.41N 031-55.09E reported missingNav aids · 44.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:31Z; 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.