Cable ops

Cable operations are underway until further notice in the Coral Sea by motor vessel Layla, which requests a 2-mile berth along its route.

Coral Sea · HYDROPAC 2798/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-28 16:45Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-26 22:44Z. First collected 2026-09-28 19:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-28 22:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Coral 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 Coral Sea →

issued: 2026-09-26 22:44Z
status: Cancelled notice
sea: Coral Sea
position: -17.957, 157.465
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-28 19:02Z

Original warning text

CORAL SEA.
CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V LAYLA ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
14-45.98S 159-08.93E, 15-26.23S 158-28.20E,
17-11.66S 157-52.33E, 20-05.93S 156-46.34E,
20-17.59S 156-01.37E, 20-40.48S 155-22.64E.
TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

4 within 180 nm since 2019 · 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.

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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 22:32Z; 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.