Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship bold maverick vicinity of trackline…

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 963/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-05-25 10:55Z

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 249/16 011004Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-01 13:01Z. 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
Indian Ocean. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued
2016-04-01 13:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 249/16 011004Z APR 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Indian Ocean
position
5.567, 81.494
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SRI LANKA.
DNC 03.
CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY CABLESHIP BOLD MAVERICK VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
05-45.6N 081-01.9E, 05-44.7N 081-08.9E,
05-43.8N 081-10.7E, 05-41.9N 081-12.1E,
05-39.8N 081-14.4E, 05-38.2N 081-16.1E,
05-36.8N 081-18.5E, 05-36.3N 081-27.2E,
05-34.8N 081-29.6E, 05-32.5N 081-33.1E,
05-31.3N 081-42.8E, 05-29.6N 081-45.7E,
05-17.3N 081-53.9E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

5 within 180 nm since 2005 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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10
15
20

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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A
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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:43Z; 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.