Cable ops

Cable operations by cableship ile de batz 01 jul thru 06 aug in vicinity: a. 64-55.8N 168-58.6W

Chukchi Sea · NAVAREA XII 292/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-08-07 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) · SFHGA 301114Z JUN 17.. Issued 2017-06-30 11:16Z. 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
Chukchi Sea. The parsed report position is 67.841, -165.291. 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 Chukchi Sea →

issued
2017-06-30 11:16Z
status
Archived notice
authority
SFHGA 301114Z JUN 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
SFHGA
sea
Chukchi Sea
position
67.841, -165.291
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CHUKCHI SEA.
BERING STRAIT.
ALASKA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATZ
   01 JUL THRU 06 AUG IN VICINITY:
   A. 64-55.8N 168-58.6W.
   B. 66-51.9N 163-08.5W.
   C. 70-52.0N 160-27.3W.
   D. 68-20.3N 166-43.2W.
   E. 68-12.3N 167-09.8W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 07 AUG 17.

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

12 within 180 nm since 2016 · 4 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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20
25
26

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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F
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A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

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 2026-10-01 17:31Z; 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.