Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…
Ceram Sea · HYDROPAC 3352/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-01-08 00:47Z
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 XI 430/22 232334Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-24 01:59Z. 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
- Ceram Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2916/22, 3352/22 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2022-11-24 01:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 430/22 232334Z NOV 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Ceram Sea
- position
- -2.030, 127.393
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. BANDA SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 04, DNC 12. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 05-35.50S 123-18.00E, 05-11.80S 123-20.40E, 04-46.40S 123-54.30E, 03-56.60S 127-16.20E, 03-26.70S 127-22.80E, 02-35.40S 127-41.30E, 01-56.00S 128-24.20E, 01-22.80S 128-31.80E, 01-06.40S 128-55.00E, 00-14.40N 129-06.50E, 00-46.10N 128-47.50E, 01-42.30N 129-23.40E, 02-16.10N 130-27.30E, 02-24.60N 130-30.90E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
14 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.
- Cable operations 03 feb to 05 mar by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline between 03-16.4S 127-21.4E…2019-02-02
- Cable laying operations 07 thru 13 mar by cableship ile de sein vicinity 01-49.3S 126-37.0E2015-03-05
- Cable laying operations in progress until 08 nov by cableship ile de sein vicinity of trackline joining…2014-10-31
- Cable laying operations in progress until 15 oct by cableship ile de sein vicinity of trackline joining…2014-10-12
- Cable laying operations in progress 10 thru 14 oct by cableship ile de sein vicinity of trackline joining…2014-10-09
- Cable laying operations in progress until 09 oct by cableship ile de sein vicinity of trackline joining…2014-10-06
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:43Z; 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.