Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 31 may by cableship ile de batz towing 1700 meter long cable along…

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1713/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-06-01 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 VIII 377/15 230730Z MAY 15.. Issued 2015-05-25 00:31Z. 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 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 Arabian Sea →

issued
2015-05-25 00:31Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 377/15 230730Z MAY 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
18.233, 70.937
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
INDIA-WEST COAST.
DNC 03.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 MAY BY
   CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ TOWING 1700 METER
   LONG CABLE ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   19-01.83N 072-34.05E, 19-00.36N 072-26.58E,
   19-00.80N 072-21.54E, 19-01.22N 072-15.07E,
   18-49.86N 072-08.91E, 18-39.32N 071-48.54E,
   17-55.09N 070-25.24E, 17-31.75N 069-20.47E,
   17-32.64N 069-28.54E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1433/15.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JUN 15.

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.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
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

393 within 180 nm since 1999 · 29 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

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.