Cable operations 260600Z dec until further notice by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 32-48.0N…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 4172/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-01-12 12:45Z
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 999/17 241203Z DEC 17.. Issued 2017-12-24 12:39Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. 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
- 2017-12-24 12:39Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 999/17 241203Z DEC 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 32.635, 26.163
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. EGYPT. DNC 09. CABLE OPERATIONS 260600Z DEC UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RAYMOND CROZE IN AREA BOUND BY 32-48.0N 025-48.0E, 32-35.5N 026-34.0E, 32-28.0N 026-30.8E, 32-41.5N 025-44.5E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- 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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
44 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 by M/V urbano monti: a. 24 dec along trackline joining 35-55.3N 027-51.7E, 35-20.8N…2020-12-24
- Cable operations 24 dec until further notice by M/V urbano monti along trackline joining 35-55.3N 027-51.7E,…2020-12-23
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V odin finder in vicinity of trackline joining…2017-09-08
- Seismic survey in progress until 15 may by M/V atlantic explorer towing 12500 meter long cable in area bound…2016-05-04
- Seismic survey in progress until 06 may by M/V atlantic explorer towing 12500 meter long cable in area bound…2016-03-29
- Seismic survey in progress until 06 may by M/V atlantic explorer towing 10500 meter long cable in area bound…2016-03-29
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 01:27Z; 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.