Underwater cable operations in progress until 28 feb by M/V certamen within five miles of 36-05.1N 013-09.8E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 405/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-02-26 19:30Z
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) · MARISICILIA 54/02 201649A FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-21 00:06Z. 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 36.085, 13.163 with a 5.0 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2002-02-21 00:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISICILIA 54/02 201649A FEB 02
- issued by
- MARISICILIA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 36.085, 13.163 · r 5.0 nm
- vessel
- M/V CERTAMEN · 30 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 28 FEB BY M/V CERTAMEN WITHIN FIVE MILES OF 36-05.1N 013-09.8E. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 MAR.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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
226 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.
- Cable operations in progress until 071000Z oct in: a. 36-12.78N 015-52.58E2026-09-28
- Submarine cable and rov works days 280000 UTC sep 26 to 071000 UTC oct 26 at points: 36-12.78N 015-52.58E…2026-09-28
- 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
- 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
- Cable operations 23 mar thru 11 apr by cableship antonio meucci in area bound by 36-12.00N 014-59.00E,…2021-03-22
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 2026-10-03 11:24Z; 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.