Cable operations by cableship rebecca: a. in progress until 11 feb in vicinity of trackline joining…
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 387/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-02-07 13:08Z
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 158/19 051218Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-05 18:00Z. 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 - Western Basin. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cable operations by cableship rebecca: a. in progress until 08 feb in vicinity of trackline joining…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2019-02-05 18:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 158/19 051218Z FEB 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 38.364, 9.865
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
TYRRHENIAN SEA.
SARDINIA.
DNC 08.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP REBECCA:
A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 11 FEB IN VICINITY OF
TRACKLINE JOINING
38-26.45N 008-19.52E, 38-27.50N 008-33.21E,
38-28.20N 008-35.68E, 38-33.50N 009-43.89E,
38-33.04N 010-16.90E, 38-28.16N 010-43.67E.
B. 12 THRU 14 FEB IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE
JOINING
37-51.73N 011-22.05E, 37-43.59N 011-28.89E,
37-32.25N 011-29.53E, 37-23.91N 011-30.62E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 FEB 19.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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
176 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 28 aug thru 10 sep by cableship cable vigilance in area within one mile of 37-47.30N…2023-08-27
- Pipeline operations in progress until 13 feb 22 by M/V ievoli ivori in area bound by 37-01.0N 011-04.2E,…2021-10-30
- Underwater operations in progress until 152359Z sep by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 38-11.80N…2021-09-05
- Underwater operations 011400Z sep until further notice by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 38-11.80N…2021-08-30
- Cable operations in progress until 14 apr by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 38-56.44N 010-50.23E,…2021-04-05
- Cable operations in progress until 02 may by cableship pierre de fermat: a. along trackline joining…2021-03-31
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 04:04Z; 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.