Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 30 apr by cableship dock express 20 vicinity of trackline joining…

Bay of Biscay · HYDROPAC 590/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-04-20 09:30Z

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 225/00 180806Z APR 00. Issued 2000-04-18 08:55Z. 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
Bay of Biscay. 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 Bay of Biscay →

issued
2000-04-18 08:55Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 225/00 180806Z APR 00
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Biscay
position
44.955, -6.813
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 APR BY
   CABLESHIP DOCK EXPRESS 20 VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   44-41.0N 175-56.0E, 45-12.3N 179-00.0W, 45-21.6N 167-45.0W.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 536/00.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 MAY.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

78 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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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M
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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 00:39Z; 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.