Cable ops

Cable repair operations by M/V umm al anber: a. in progress until 21 mar in 12-02.60N 044-00.81E

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 712/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-04-16 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 88/12 120543Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-12 06:11Z. 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
Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.527, 43.472. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Aden →

issued
2012-03-12 06:11Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 88/12 120543Z MAR 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Aden
position
12.527, 43.472
vessel
M/V UMM AL ANBER · 7 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
SOUTHERN RED SEA.
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS BY M/V UMM AL ANBER:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 21 MAR IN
      12-02.60N 044-00.81E.
   B. 22 MAR THRU 15 APR IN:
      1. 12-41.43N 043-17.54E.
      2. 12-35.91N 043-19.70E.
      3. 12-46.46N 043-15.12E.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 APR.

Reading this warning

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

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

10 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:25Z; 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.