Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 40-44.6S…
Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 797/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-05-25 18:54Z
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) · AUSCOAST 147/03 080313Z MAY 03. Issued 2003-05-08 08:15Z. 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
- Bass Strait. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 797/03 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2003-05-08 08:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSCOAST 147/03 080313Z MAY 03
- issued by
- AUSCOAST
- sea
- Bass Strait
- position
- -39.548, 145.547
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ IN AREA BOUND BY 40-44.6S 145-19.6E, 39-14.1S 145-36.3E, 38-40.0S 145-42.5E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
58 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Great australian bight2026-05-30
- Great australian bight2026-04-16
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile d' yeu along trackline joining 38-37.00S…2026-01-07
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V mma coral with submersible along trackline…2024-02-22
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V mma coral with submersible in area bound by…2024-02-19
- Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in 40-13.1S 146-52.3E2016-06-08
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
- Great australian bightCable ops · 107.8 nm
- Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 107.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:20Z; 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.