Cable operations 092100Z oct until further notice by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining…
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1685/05
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2005-10-15 08:33Z
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 208/05 070803Z OCT 05.. Issued 2005-10-07 10:12Z. 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 Aden. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1685/05 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2005-10-07 10:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 208/05 070803Z OCT 05.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.673, 44.940
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CABLE OPERATIONS 092100Z OCT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 12-46.0N 044-58.8E, 12-42.1N 044-57.6E, 12-35.0N 044-53.4E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
11 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Cable operations in progress until 24 may notice by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining 10-28.10N…2022-05-18
- Cable operations in progress until 18 may by cableship ile de batz along trackline joining 11-36.00N…2022-05-12
- Cable laying operations 16 apr thru 04 may by cableship ile de brehat along trackline joining 16-17.6N…2016-04-15
- Cable laying operations 06 thru 11 mar by cableship ile de sein along trackline joining 11-34.85N…2016-03-06
- Cable operations 02 thru 22 may by cableship etisalat along trackline between 12-41.4N 043-17.5E and…2012-05-01
- Cable repair operations by M/V umm al anber: a. in progress until 21 mar in 12-02.60N 044-00.81E2012-03-12
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 2026-10-04 01:55Z; 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.