Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 19 oct by cableship maram along trackline joining 12-44.63S 045-13.25E,…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 3161/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-20 00:01Z

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 VII 252/16 160634Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-16 10:32Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2016-10-16 10:32Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 252/16 160634Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -12.195, 44.820
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS.
DNC 02.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 19 OCT
   BY CABLESHIP MARAM ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   12-44.63S 045-13.25E, 12-40.16S 045-07.60E,
   12-35.39S 045-07.72E, 12-14.04S 045-03.68E,
   11-57.59S 044-43.60E, 11-53.24S 044-27.65E,
   11-58.72S 044-21.98E, 12-09.88S 044-23.79E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 OCT 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.
Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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

9 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

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

NAVAREA VII 267 of 2026 : (23 sep 26) 1. indian ocean - sw sector - offshore mayotte 2. chart san 1 3. rv…Surveys · 69.4 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 04:02Z; 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.