Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 01 mar by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining 53-15.8S…

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 367/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-03-02 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 XV 14/19 312220Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-31 22:20Z. 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
South Pacific Ocean. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →

issued
2019-01-31 22:20Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XV 14/19 312220Z JAN 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-54.446, -72.043
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CHILE.
DNC 07.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 01 MAR BY
   CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   53-15.8S 070-56.2W, 53-15.8S 070-55.6W,
   53-16.2S 070-53.4W, 53-18.1S 070-50.7W,
   53-37.1S 070-49.7W, 53-46.9S 070-52.2W,
   53-55.0S 071-02.7W, 54-10.6S 070-57.2W,
   54-12.8S 070-56.8W, 54-19.1S 070-56.6W,
   54-24.5S 071-02.6W, 54-24.1S 071-11.9W,
   54-20.7S 071-17.3W, 54-21.7S 071-49.0W,
   54-28.2S 072-02.7W, 54-38.3S 072-21.1W,
   55-08.5S 073-39.2W, 55-08.9S 074-00.9W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 52/19.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 MAR 19.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
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

7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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15
19

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 11:20Z; 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.