Cable ops

Pipeline operations by M/V sls lion: a. 13 may in 25-58.25N 055-59.30E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1815/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-05-16 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 117/18 121500Z MAY 18.. Issued 2018-05-12 15:11Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.967, 55.974. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Persian Gulf →

issued: 2018-05-12 15:11Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 117/18 121500Z MAY 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 25.967, 55.974
vessel: M/V SLS LION · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E.
DNC 10.
1. PIPELINE OPERATIONS BY M/V SLS LION:
   A. 13 MAY IN 25-58.25N 055-59.30E.
   B. 14 THRU 15 MAY IN 25-58.26N 055-56.11E.
   C. 14 THRU 15 MAY IN 25-57.56N 055-59.83E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 MAY 18.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

90 within 180 nm since 1998 · 2 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

Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 31.8 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 33.3 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 54.4 nm
Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 55.4 nm
Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 69.6 nm
Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 98.8 nm
Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 108.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:42Z; 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.