Cable operations 25 thru 28 dec by cableship ile de batz within one mile of 05-54.5S 120-14.7E
Flores Sea · HYDROPAC 3988/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-12-29 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 XI 743/16 240627Z DEC 16.. Issued 2016-12-24 06:32Z. 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
- Flores Sea. The parsed report position is -5.908, 120.245 with a 1.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-12-24 06:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 743/16 240627Z DEC 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Flores Sea
- position
- -5.908, 120.245 · r 1.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
FLORES SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 04. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 25 THRU 28 DEC BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ WITHIN ONE MILE OF 05-54.5S 120-14.7E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 DEC 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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
14 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining…2022-10-17
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re along trackline joining 05-23S…2017-09-01
- Cable laying operations 20 nov until further notice by cableship ile de batz vicinity of trackline joining…2016-11-18
- Indonesia2016-11-02
- Seismic survey in progress until 17 feb by M/V nordic bahari towing 6500 meter long cable in area bound by…2015-01-17
- Seismic survey in progress until 26 may by M/V nordic energy towing 8000 meter long cable in area bound by…2013-05-15
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 20:25Z; 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.