Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 311830Z may by cableship maram along trackline joining 13-01.03N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1477/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-31 19:30Z

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 VIII 453/24 031007Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-03 11:27Z. 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: Bay of Bengal. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued: 2024-05-03 11:27Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-05-31 19:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 453/24 031007Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 12.972, 80.350
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
INDIA.
DNC 03.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 311830Z MAY
   BY CABLESHIP MARAM ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   13-01.03N 080-17.71E, 13-00.95N 080-17.92E,
   13-00.91N 080-18.02E, 13-00.82N 080-18.10E,
   13-00.75N 080-18.10E, 13-00.55N 080-18.09E,
   13-00.48N 080-18.09E, 13-00.35N 080-18.18E,
   13-00.32N 080-18.22E, 13-00.22N 080-18.36E,
   12-59.66N 080-19.11E, 12-58.07N 080-21.28E,
   12-58.43N 080-20.80E, 12-58.39N 080-20.85E,
   12-55.82N 080-24.61E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 311930Z MAY 24.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

89 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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

Hazardous operations 290830Z to 290930Z sep in area bound by 13-07.02N 080-18.01E, 13-14.90N 080-25.98E,…Exercises · 12.8 nm
Buoy established in 14-05.21N 080-28.50ENav aids · 67.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:49Z; 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.