Cable ops

Cable operations 23 thru 27 nov by cableship antonio meucci in area bound by 40-51.76N 028-41.29E, 40-49.96N…

Sea of Marmara · HYDROLANT 3107/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-11-23 19:27Z

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) · TURKEY 52/16 211257Z NOV 16.. Issued 2016-11-21 13:21Z. 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
Sea of Marmara. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-11-21 13:21Z
status
Archived notice
authority
TURKEY 52/16 211257Z NOV 16.
issued by
TURKEY
sea
Sea of Marmara
position
40.839, 28.654
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SEA OF MARMARA.
TURKEY.
DNC 10.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 23 THRU 27 NOV BY
   CABLESHIP ANTONIO MEUCCI IN AREA BOUND BY
   40-51.76N 028-41.29E, 40-49.96N 028-42.87E,
   40-48.89N 028-36.82E, 40-50.91N 028-35.94E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 NOV 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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

105 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 in the last 12 months · 2 listed in force now

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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 01:30Z; 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.