Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 11 sep by M/V ile de sein, M/V castor and M/V peter faber along trackline…

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 1660/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-09-12 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 IX 270/10 160910Z AUG 10.. Issued 2010-08-17 00:49Z. 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
Gulf of Suez. 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 Gulf of Suez →

issued
2010-08-17 00:49Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 270/10 160910Z AUG 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Suez
position
28.944, 32.880
vessels
M/V CASTOR · 4 messagesM/V ILE DE SEIN · 23 messagesM/V PETER FABER · 22 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF SUEZ.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 11 SEP
   BY M/V ILE DE SEIN, M/V CASTOR AND
   M/V PETER FABER ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   28-58.20N 032-49.60E, 28-56.90N 032-50.60E,
   28-56.60N 032-51.00E, 28-56.20N 032-56.40E,
   28-56.00N 032-56.42E.
2. CANEL THIS MSG 12 SEP.

Reading this warning

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

121 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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 2026-10-02 01:00Z; 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.