Cable operations are in progress until further notice in the Persian Gulf near Iran at 29-19.68N 048-06.18E. Wide berth requested.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2918/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
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 broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA IX 340/23 111618Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-11 19:48Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 29.328, 48.103. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-09-11 19:48Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 340/23 111618Z SEP 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 29.328, 48.103
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. IRAN. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE IN VICINITY 29-19.68N 048-06.18E. WIDE 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.
- 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
44 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Pipeline operations in progress until 30 sep along trackline joining 28-24.86N 048-32.30E, 28-26.09N…2020-08-18
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 28-43.16N 048-22.83E, 28-42.39N…2017-08-09
- Cable repair operations 25 jan until further notice by cableship etisalat in: a. 29-43.24N 048-40.40E2017-01-24
- Cable laying operations in progress until 30 sep by cableship maram along tracklines joining: a. 29-01.07N…2016-09-03
- Seismic survey in progress until 03 sep by M/V gulf horizon, M/V dean andrew, M/V theresa, M/V samaritan,…2014-06-03
- Seismic survey in progress until 31 jul by M/V gulf horizon, M/V dean andrew, M/V theresa, M/V samaritan,…2014-05-01
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
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 17.6 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 19.9 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 30.4 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 31.1 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 34 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 37.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:56Z; 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.