Cable ops

Cable operations by M/V albatross 5 towing 250 meter long cable: a. 31 jan thru 04 feb along trackline…

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 215/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-06 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 59/22 241003Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-26 04:07Z. 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: Laccadive 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 Laccadive Sea →

issued: 2022-01-26 04:07Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VIII 59/22 241003Z JAN 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Laccadive Sea
position: 10.294, 72.869
vessel: M/V ALBATROSS 5 · 30 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
LAKSHADWEEP.
DNC 03.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY M/V ALBATROSS 5
   TOWING 250 METER LONG CABLE:
   A. 31 JAN THRU 04 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      11-41.74N 072-42.73E, 11-35.90N 072-11.14E.
   B. 05 THRU 08 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      11-35.90N 072-11.14E, 10-56.71N 072-17.29E.
   C. 09 THRU 13 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      10-56.71N 072-17.29E, 10-51.80N 072-11.57E.
   D. 14 THRU 16 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      10-51.80N 072-11.57E, 11-07.50N 072-43.14E.
   E. 17 THRU 19 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      10-51.80N 072-11.57E, 10-33.63N 072-38.36E.
   F. 20 THRU 22 FEB ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      10-33.63N 072-38.36E, 10-04.39N 073-38.57E.
   G. 23 FEB THRU 05 MAR ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
      10-04.39N 073-38.57E, 08-16.82N 073-03.23E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 06 MAR 22.

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.
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

34 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:50Z; 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.