Cable ops

Cable operations by cableship rebecca: a. in progress until 16 feb in vicinity of trackline joining…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 480/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-02-21 16:39Z

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 183/19 141208Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-14 15:51Z. 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.

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issued
2019-02-14 15:51Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA III 183/19 141208Z FEB 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
39.396, 8.577
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
SARDINIA.
DNC 08.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP REBECCA:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 16 FEB
      IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
      41-35.43N 006-29.10E, 40-58.34N 006-50.08E.
   B. 18 THRU 20 FEB IN VICINITY OF
      TRACKLINE JOINING
      38-05.28N 009-29.20E, 37-59.10N 010-21.18E.
   C. 21 AND 22 FEB IN VICINITY OF
      TRACKLINE JOINING
      37-57.35N 010-24.57E, 37-51.58N 010-26.69E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 471/19.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 23 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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROLANT
The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
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

121 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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

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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 2026-10-01 23:31Z; 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.