Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 12-14S 130-33E
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 2717/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-09-10 09:20Z
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) · AUSCOAST 255/16 080022Z SEP 16.. Issued 2016-09-08 00:38Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.233, 130.550. 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
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 12-06.2S 130-13.1Ecancelled by this notice
- Hazardous operationslater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2016-09-08 00:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 255/16 080022Z SEP 16.
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.233, 130.550
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA-NORTH COAST. DNC 04. 1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ IN 12-14S 130-33E. TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2711/16.
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.
- Underwater operations
- Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
11 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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.
- Special purpose vessel sw bly / C6ZD3 / 311052800 conducting seismic survey towing twelve 4.5 nm cables in…2026-08-05
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V audacia along trackline joining 12-19.91S…2025-01-01
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 12-06.2S 130-13.1E2016-09-07
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in 11-46.4S 129-12.4E2016-09-06
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by M/V ile de batz vicinity of trackline joining…2016-03-30
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V pacific sword towing four mile long cable in area…2004-09-06
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
- Cape hotham light Q3315 in position 12-02.78S 131-17.37E unlitNav aids · 44.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:22Z; 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.