Cable ops

Cable operations 16 thru 23 aug by cableship raymond croze in 29-48.2N 032-29.8E

Gulf of Suez · HYDROPAC 2636/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-22 15:28Z

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 259/19 151437Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-15 14:45Z. 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
Gulf of Suez. The parsed report position is 29.803, 32.497. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Suez →

issued
2019-08-15 14:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 259/19 151437Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Suez
position
29.803, 32.497
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF SUEZ.
EGYPT.
DNC 10.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 16 THRU 23 AUG BY
   CABLESHIP RAYMOND CROZE IN 29-48.2N 032-29.8E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 24 AUG 19.

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.
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

223 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 03:03Z; 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.