Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 08 may by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining 36-03.2N…

Strait of Gibraltar · HYDROLANT 788/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-05-09 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 II 167/10 051555Z MAY 10.. Issued 2010-05-05 16:47Z. 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
Strait of Gibraltar. 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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Current notices and reporting history in the Strait of Gibraltar →

issued
2010-05-05 16:47Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA II 167/10 051555Z MAY 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Strait of Gibraltar
position
35.990, -5.754
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 08 MAY BY
   CABLESHIP ILE DE BREHAT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   36-03.2N 006-12.1W, 36-01.0N 006-03.7W,
   35-58.4N 005-53.7W, 35-57.4N 005-44.7W,
   35-56.9N 005-41.3W, 35-57.0N 005-35.1W,
   35-58.6N 005-29.7W, 36-00.9N 005-26.9W,
   36-02.2N 005-22.8W, 36-02.5N 005-21.3W,
   36-00.2N 005-20.0W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 680/10.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 MAY.

Reading this warning

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

159 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:51Z; 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.