Cable ops

Cable operations by cableship responder: a. 31 may thru 26 jun in area bound by 13-01.73N 080-17.55E,…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 1812/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-06-27 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 532/23 302203Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-31 04:26Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Bengal →

issued: 2023-05-31 04:26Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-06-27 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 532/23 302203Z MAY 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Bay of Bengal
position: 11.978, 81.540
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 BY CABLESHIP RESPONDER:
   A. 31 MAY THRU 26 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
      13-01.73N 080-17.55E, 12-59.62N 080-23.18E,
      12-55.24N 080-23.59E ,12-29.63N 080-34.52E,
      12-25.43N 080-34.52E, 12-54.59N 080-22.52E,
      12-58.75N 080-22.29E, 13-00.82N 080-17.04E.
   B. 19 THRU 22 JUN IN AREA BOUND BY
      12-29.63N 080-34.52E, 12-25.55N 080-38.79E,
      12-13.97N 081-07.65E, 11-18.18N 082-50.80E,
      11-15.73N 082-49.35E, 12-16.06N 080-52.99E,
      12-17.90N 080-43.03E, 12-25.43N 080-34.52E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270001Z JUN 23.

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

65 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

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 03:13Z; 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.