Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship tyco durable in 05-10.3S 146-30.4E

Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 1444/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-08-29 09:42Z

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 X 16/09 132253Z AUG 09.. Issued 2009-08-14 02:52Z. 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: Bismarck Sea. The parsed report position is -5.172, 146.507. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bismarck Sea →

issued: 2009-08-14 02:52Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA X 16/09 132253Z AUG 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bismarck Sea
position: -5.172, 146.507
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY CABLESHIP TYCO DURABLE IN 05-10.3S 146-30.4E.
2.5 MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

5 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.

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 2026-10-02 07:48Z; 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.