Cable operations 050800Z jan to 022359Z feb by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining 54-55.9S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 46/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-01-05 20:18Z
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 2/19 050120Z JAN 19.. Issued 2019-01-05 01:26Z. 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 →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-01-05 08:00Z | 2019-02-02 23:59Z | — | 687 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2019-01-05 01:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-02-03 01:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 2/19 050120Z JAN 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -55.304, -70.894
- 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 050800Z JAN TO 022359Z FEB BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 54-55.9S 067-40.1W, 54-54.6S 067-42.0W, 54-52.8S 067-59.3W, 54-53.3S 068-14.5W, 54-53.6S 068-24.0W, 54-55.0S 068-37.5W, 54-57.8S 068-48.5W, 54-59.0S 069-07.5W, 55-03.8S 069-39.3W, 55-05.5S 070-01.6W, 55-23.5S 070-37.6W, 55-45.5S 072-36.0W, 55-21.3S 073-48.0W, 55-08.9S 074-00.9W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030100Z FEB 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
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
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 01 mar by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining 53-15.8S…2019-01-31
- Cable operations 050800Z jan to 022359Z feb by cableship rene descartes along trackline joining 54-55.9S…2019-01-05
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geo searcher towing 10700 meter long cables in…2009-01-23
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geo searcher towing 11,000 meter long cables vicinity…2009-01-21
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V geo searcher towing 11,000 meter cables vicinity…2009-01-20
- Seismic survey 01 thru 21 nov by vessels in area bound by 52-54S 068-10W, 53-27S 067-52W, coastline2001-10-27
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 2026-10-02 11:54Z; 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.