Cable repair operations 152000Z to 202000Z dec by cableship rene descartes with submersible within two miles…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 3234/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-20 12:00Z
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 III 644/13 142358Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-15 07:49Z. 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 parsed report position is 32.683, 14.383 with a 2.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 3234/13 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-15 20:00Z | 2013-12-20 20:00Z | — | 120 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2013-12-15 07:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-12-20 21:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 644/13 142358Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 32.683, 14.383 · r 2.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. LIBYA. 1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 152000Z TO 202000Z DEC BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES WITH SUBMERSIBLE WITHIN TWO MILES OF 32-41N 014-23E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202100Z DEC 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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
37 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.
- Seismic survey 23 jun thru 15 jul by M/V minerva uno towing one mile long cable in area bound by 34-33.0N…2013-06-20
- Cable repair operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes with submersible along…2013-02-04
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship raymond croze with submersible in area bound…2012-01-16
- Seismic survey in progress until 31 jan 12 by M/V geo barents in area bound by 34-05.1N 012-00.6E, 34-15.1N…2011-12-19
- Seismic survey 21 nov thru 12 dec by M/V pelagia in area bound by 35-37N 012-57E, 36-00N 013-40E, 35-00N…2011-11-20
- Cable operations in progress until 10 nov by cableship raymond croze with submersible in 32-41.2N 014-20.4E2011-11-07
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:34Z; 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.