Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 09 mar by cableship niwa in area bound by 22-04.90N 038-36.33E,…

Red Sea · HYDROPAC 428/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-03-10 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 68/10 031055Z MAR 10.. Issued 2010-03-05 01:31Z. 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
Red 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.

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issued
2010-03-05 01:31Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 68/10 031055Z MAR 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Red Sea
position
25.610, 35.825
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

RED SEA.
GULF OF SUEZ.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 09 MAR
   BY CABLESHIP NIWA IN AREA BOUND BY
   22-04.90N 038-36.33E, 22-36.88N 038-18.66E,
   24-46.05N 036-48.25E, 25-21.66N 035-57.18E,
   26-01.92N 035-53.12E, 27-33.28N 034-28.68E,
   27-44.46N 033-57.71E, 27-55.51N 033-42.80E,
   28-08.01N 033-33.63E, 28-32.89N 033-07.40E,
   28-41.61N 033-01.39E, 28-45.13N 032-59.79E,
   28-51.62N 032-56.65E, 28-58.32N 032-49.24E,
   29-03.74N 032-40.36E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 352/10 AND 427/10.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 10 MAR.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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

38 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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 02:39Z; 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.