Cable operations 02 thru 09 mar by cableship antonio meucci in area bound by 40-44.50N 027-51.92E, 40-46.36N…
Sea of Marmara · HYDROLANT 593/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-03-10 00:01Z
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 205/21 010100Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-02-28 03:30Z. 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
- Sea of Marmara. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Sea of Marmara →
- issued
- 2021-02-28 03:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 205/21 010100Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Sea of Marmara
- position
- 40.768, 27.982
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SEA OF MARMARA. TURKEY. DNC 10. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 02 THRU 09 MAR BY CABLESHIP ANTONIO MEUCCI IN AREA BOUND BY 40-44.50N 027-51.92E, 40-46.36N 027-51.34E, 40-47.63N 028-06.14E, 40-45.81N 028-06.54E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 MAR 21.
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.
- 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.
- 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
102 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 until further notice by cableship sophie germain in area bound by 40-40.27N 027-15.72E,…2026-08-31
- Cable operations 030001Z to 190001Z jan by cableship raymond croze with submersible in areas bound by: a.…2022-01-01
- Cable operations 26 dec thru 03 jan 22 by cableship raymond croze with submersible in 41-11.75N 029-06.10E2021-12-22
- Cable operations in progress until 22 mar by cableship antonio meucci in area bound by 40-44.50N 027-51.92E,…2021-03-12
- Cable operations 020500Z to 050500Z jun by M/V aigaio along trackline joining 39-55.17N 025-04.19E,…2019-06-01
- Underwater operations 071200Z may until further notice by cableship raymond croze in area bound by 40-02N…2019-05-06
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 2026-10-01 22:24Z; 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.