Cable ops

Cable laying operations 02 thru 08 dec by cableship ile de batz towing equipment along trackline joining…

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 3952/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-12-09 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 IX 364/15 021105Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-02 11:47Z. 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: Gulf of Oman. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Oman →

issued: 2015-12-02 11:47Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA IX 364/15 021105Z DEC 15.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Gulf of Oman
position: 23.962, 57.889
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
DNC 10.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 02 THRU 08 DEC BY
   CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ TOWING EQUIPMENT
   ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   24-00.6N 057-47.9E, 23-58.1N 057-52.5E,
   23-55.9N 057-57.1E, 23-54.9N 057-58.8E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 DEC 15.

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.
Tow / towing: A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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

45 within 180 nm since 1998 · 1 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

Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 100.7 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 109.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:04Z; 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.