Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship niwa in area bound by 04-35N 077-04E, 05-16N…
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 3473/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-24 11:31Z
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 VIII 693/20 241005Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-24 11:11Z. 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
- Laccadive Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3473/20, 3735/20 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2020-11-24 11:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 693/20 241005Z NOV 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 5.847, 78.606
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. SRI LANKA. DNC 03. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP NIWA IN AREA BOUND BY 04-35N 077-04E, 05-16N 078-09E, 05-29N 078-24E, 06-47N 079-53E, 07-03N 079-50E, 04-39N 077-02E. 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.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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
22 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship bold maverick vicinity of trackline…2016-04-01
- Cable laying operations by cableship ile de batz: a. 10 thru 13 jun along trackline joining 07-40.91N…2015-06-09
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 05-40.57N…2015-04-29
- Seismic survey in progress until 10 and 13 thru 18 mar by M/V samdura ratnakar towing four mile long cable…2015-02-18
- Seismic survey in progress until 20 mar by M/V geco topaz towing six five mile long cables in area bound by…2009-02-17
- Seismic survey 10 feb thru 20 mar by M/V geco topaz towing six five mile long cables in area bound by 08-39N…2009-02-09
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 2026-09-29 14:02Z; 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.