Cable operations 151600Z to 202359Z mar by cableship raymond croze in area within three miles of 31-13.2N…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 720/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-03-17 18:14Z
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 252/21 141200Z MAR 21.. Issued 2021-03-14 10:25Z. 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 31.220, 29.655 with a 3.0 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 720/21 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-03-15 16:00Z | 2021-03-20 23:59Z | — | 127 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2021-03-14 10:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-03-21 00:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 252/21 141200Z MAR 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 31.220, 29.655 · r 3.0 nm
- 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 10. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 151600Z TO 202359Z MAR BY CABLESHIP RAYMOND CROZE IN AREA WITHIN THREE MILES OF 31-13.2N 029-39.3E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210059Z 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.
- 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.
- 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
199 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 in progress until 22 oct by cableship ile d'ouessant in area bound by 33-49.11N 030-52.08E,…2020-10-12
- Cable operations in progress until 15 oct by cableship ile d'ouessant in area bound by 33-49.11N 030-52.08E,…2020-09-28
- Cable operations 072200Z to 212359Z may by M/V rebecca in area bound by 33-18N 029-36E, 33-02N 030-59E,…2020-05-07
- Cable operations 16 thru 23 aug by cableship raymond croze in 29-48.2N 032-29.8E2019-08-15
- Cable operations in progress until 11 aug by cableship raymond croze in 29-49.0N 032-30.3E2019-08-05
- Cable operations 080800Z jun until further notice by cableship raymond croze with submersible in area bound…2019-06-05
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
22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 02:58Z; 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.