Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship maram in area bound by 23-41.49N 066-00.23E,…
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 259/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-02-07 12:21Z
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 44/22 310620Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-31 08:32Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 259/22 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-01-31 08:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 44/22 310620Z JAN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 23.736, 65.950
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. DNC 03. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP MARAM IN AREA BOUND BY 23-41.49N 066-00.23E, 23-46.89N 066-00.23E, 23-46.89N 065-53.79E, 23-41.49N 065-53.79E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
98 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 further notice by M/V athba along trackline joining 24-41.74N 065-35.90E,…2022-04-21
- Cable operations 15 mar until further notice by cableship cs etislat along trackline joining 24-23.46N…2022-03-14
- Survey operations 10 mar until further notice by cableship etislat along trackline joining 24-23.66N…2022-03-09
- Cable operations 05 thru 08 mar by cableship cs etislat along trackline joining 24-17.94N 066-03.72E,…2022-03-04
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship asean restorer in area bound by 24-48.67N…2021-12-13
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship asean restorer in 24-39.04N 066-51.10E2021-12-13
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
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1300Z daily 26 aug, 02, 09, 16, 23 and 30 sep in area bound by 24-50.26N…Exercises · 69 nm
- Dangerous wreck in vicinity 23-51.80N 067-20.90EWrecks · 77.2 nm
- Fairway buoy 24-43.14N 066-55.86E missingNav aids · 79.8 nm
- Wreck buoy 24-46.45N 066-57.09E missingWrecks · 83 nm
- Hazardous operations 0300Z to 1200Z daily 25 and 26 sep in area bound by 25-12.00N 064-27.83E, 25-12.00N…Exercises · 110.2 nm
- Ormara lighthouse 25-11.10N 064-41.10E unlitNav aids · 111.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 12:46Z; 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.