Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de batz in area bound by 12-09.6S…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 864/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-04-27 12:00Z

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 VII 66/10 251932Z APR 10.. Issued 2010-04-25 20:14Z. 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
Mozambique Channel. 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
2010-04-25 20:14Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VII 66/10 251932Z APR 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Mozambique Channel
position
-12.160, 44.067
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   12-09.6S 044-23.7E, 12-03.7S 044-09.5E,
   12-05.0S 044-00.9E, 12-08.7S 043-53.3E,
   12-16.3S 043-45.6E.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 835/10.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

9 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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19

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 09:37Z; 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.