Cable operations by cableship rebecca in vicinity of trackline joining: a. 20 thru 21 mar 36-04.86N…
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 893/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-03-26 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 334/19 201213Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-20 13:54Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. 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
- 2019-03-20 13:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 334/19 201213Z MAR 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 36.215, 13.350
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
STRAIT OF SICILY.
PANTELLERIA.
LINOSA.
DNC 09.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP REBECCA
IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING:
A. 20 THRU 21 MAR 36-04.86N 013-13.45E,
35-51.92N 013-40.04E.
B. 22 THRU 23 MAR 36-20.93N 013-50.94E,
36-06.24N 013-07.87E.
C. 24 THRU 25 MAR 36-49.01N 012-32.39E,
36-40.14N 012-41.25E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 799/19.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 26 MAR 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
229 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 1 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 071000Z oct in: a. 36-12.78N 015-52.58E2026-09-28
- Submarine cable and rov works days 280000 UTC sep 26 to 071000 UTC oct 26 at points: 36-12.78N 015-52.58E…2026-09-28
- Cable operations 211800Z to 302200Z apr by cableship rebecca along tracklines joining: a. 37-44.50N…2023-04-21
- Pipeline operations in progress until 13 feb 22 by M/V ievoli ivori in area bound by 37-01.0N 011-04.2E,…2021-10-30
- Cable operations in progress until 14 apr by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 38-56.44N 010-50.23E,…2021-04-05
- Cable operations in progress until 02 may by cableship pierre de fermat: a. along trackline joining…2021-03-31
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:36Z; 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.