Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 10 may by cableship endeavour in area bound by 17-01.62N 069-39.98E,…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1512/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-07 10:49Z

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 466/24 061015Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-06 11:18Z. 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
Arabian 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 Arabian Sea →

issued
2024-05-06 11:18Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-05-11 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 466/24 061015Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
17.269, 70.095
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
DNC 03.
11. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 10 MAY
   BY CABLESHIP ENDEAVOUR IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-01.62N 069-39.98E, 17-02.14N 069-41.11E,
   17-11.70N 069-54.38E, 17-22.25N 070-09.06E,
   17-23.59N 070-10.93E, 17-25.43N 070-13.49E,
   17-25.28N 070-14.38E, 17-25.04N 070-15.88E,
   17-25.03N 070-15.89E, 17-24.32N 070-16.75E,
   17-23.68N 070-17.52E, 17-23.59N 070-17.63E,
   17-21.71N 070-20.78E, 17-19.69N 070-20.54E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z 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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

307 within 180 nm since 1999 · 19 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 08:46Z; 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.