Cable ops

Cable repair operations 242359Z to 302359Z dec by cableship rene descartes with submersible within one mile…

Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 3331/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-12-31 00:59Z

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 664/13 240009Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-24 07:47Z. 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: Balearic (Iberian Sea). The parsed report position is 38.875, 1.467 with a 1.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Balearic (Iberian Sea) →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2013-12-24 23:59Z	2013-12-30 23:59Z	—	144 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued: 2013-12-24 07:47Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-12-31 00:59Z
authority: NAVAREA III 664/13 240009Z DEC 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Balearic (Iberian Sea)
position: 38.875, 1.467 · r 1.0 nm
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
BALERARIC ISLANDS.
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 242359Z TO 302359Z DEC
   BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES WITH SUBMERSIBLE
   WITHIN ONE MILE OF 38-52.5N 001-28.0E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310059Z 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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

48 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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.

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

Hazardous operations 290001Z to 302359Z oct in area bound by 38-30.60N 000-30.80E, 38-35.50N 000-46.40E,…Exercises · 66.8 nm
Drifting target shooting exercise from 290001 to 292359 UTC oct 26 or 300001 to 302359 UTC oct 26Other · 66.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 06:03Z; 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.