Cable operations 101200Z to 202359Z mar in area bound by 42-16N 003-36E, 42-09N 003-51E, 41-47N 003-51E,…
Balearic (Iberian Sea) · HYDROLANT 902/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-03-18 01:20Z
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 403/20 091155Z MAR 20.. Issued 2020-03-09 12:45Z. 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
- Balearic (Iberian Sea). The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Balearic (Iberian Sea) →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-10 12:00Z | 2020-03-20 23:59Z | — | 251 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
- 2020-03-09 12:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-03-21 00:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA III 403/20 091155Z MAR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Balearic (Iberian Sea)
- position
- 41.321, 3.241
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SPAIN. DNC 08. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 101200Z TO 202359Z MAR IN AREA BOUND BY 42-16N 003-36E, 42-09N 003-51E, 41-47N 003-51E, 41-23N 003-46E, 40-57N 003-20E, 40-27N 002-33E, 40-13N 002-11E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 210059Z MAR 20.
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.
- 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
64 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…2026-09-28
- Underwater operations 290001Z apr until further notice by cableship sophie germain in area bound by…2024-04-25
- Cable operations 161400Z to 182359Z apr by cableship raymond croze in area within three miles of 42-48.00N…2023-04-14
- Cable operations 041900Z dec thru 212359Z jan 23 by M/V rebecca along trackline joining 36-14.50N…2022-12-02
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de sein along trackline joining 41-34.85N…2022-11-20
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de sein along trackline joining 42-41.20N…2022-11-16
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:38Z; 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.