Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 19 mar by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 13-00.81N…

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 623/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-03-12 10:49Z

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 VIII 132/15 231002Z FEB 15.. Issued 2015-02-23 12:13Z. 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 Bengal. 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
2015-02-23 12:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 132/15 231002Z FEB 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
8.202, 89.527
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
DNC 03.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   19 MAR BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ IN AREA BOUND BY
   13-00.81N 080-17.59E, 12-54.35N 080-29.29E,
   12-49.32N 080-40.90E, 12-48.82N 080-43.56E,
   12-46.23N 080-50.79E, 11-27.29N 083-24.98E,
   09-35.03N 086-08.29E, 08-00.28N 088-27.14E,
   06-55.11N 089-57.34E, 06-55.01N 090-00.13E,
   06-36.79N 090-49.78E, 06-18.01N 091-56.36E,
   06-00.84N 092-59.30E, 06-04.28N 093-24.30E,
   06-22.48N 094-08.92E, 06-31.12N 094-33.34E,
   06-31.24N 094-34.79E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 MAR 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.
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.
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

9 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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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 09:03Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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