Cable ops

Cable operations are underway by M/V Grace in the North Pacific along a trackline; a two-mile berth is requested.

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 523/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-23 21:51Z

A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.

Source and dates
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-01 01:14Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-24 19:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
North Pacific Ocean. 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
2026-08-01 01:14Z
status
Cancelled notice
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
48.406, -154.382
vessel
M/V GRACE · 10 messages
nearest port
Kodiak · 572 nm
source
NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY M/V GRACE WITHIN THREE MILES OF
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   48-57.51N 162-53.63W, 48-55.01N 162-45.02W,
   48-54.59N 162-18.29W, 48-54.03N 161-51.12W,
   48-53.63N 161-32.00W, 48-53.47N 161-23.99W,
   48-52.77N 160-57.37W, 48-51.94N 160-30.70W,
   48-51.02N 160-04.11W, 48-50.01N 159-37.57W,
   48-49.50N 159-25.00W, 48-49.28N 159-23.89W,
   48-48.40N 159-19.52W, 48-47.20N 159-13.67W,
   48-45.50N 159-05.00W, 48-43.50N 158-50.00W,
   48-43.86N 158-47.56W, 48-45.00N 158-40.00W,
   48-47.03N 158-21.26W, 48-47.50N 158-17.00W,
   48-48.39N 157-54.83W, 48-49.00N 157-40.00W,
   48-45.90N 157-29.16W, 48-43.30N 157-20.00W,
   48-41.27N 157-03.72W, 48-39.60N 156-50.00W,
   48-39.46N 156-37.36W, 48-39.30N 156-21.10W,
   48-38.20N 156-12.80W, 48-37.73N 156-11.13W,
   48-36.60N 156-07.00W, 48-34.44N 155-59.39W,
   48-35.31N 155-57.60W, 48-36.33N 155-57.26W,
   48-34.01N 155-57.90W, 48-33.89N 155-57.42W,
   48-33.20N 155-55.00W, 48-33.20N 155-49.10W,
   48-33.43N 155-47.69W, 48-33.84N 155-44.87W,
   48-34.80N 155-38.70W, 48-36.28N 155-35.66W,
   48-38.10N 155-31.96W, 48-39.50N 155-29.10W,
   48-39.87N 155-26.02W, 48-40.00N 155-25.00W,
   48-40.03N 155-15.05W, 48-40.00N 155-14.30W,
   48-38.70N 155-06.70W, 48-37.00N 155-02.50W,
   48-31.40N 154-56.10W, 48-30.75N 154-53.95W,
   48-29.38N 154-49.67W, 48-25.60N 154-37.78W,
   48-24.60N 154-34.70W, 48-24.35N 154-32.04W,
   48-22.64N 154-14.65W, 48-20.12N 153-49.75W,
   48-18.52N 153-34.45W, 48-17.95N 153-29.12W,
   48-17.69N 153-26.81W, 48-14.78N 153-00.17W,
   48-12.80N 152-42.40W, 48-11.53N 152-33.70W,
   48-10.18N 152-24.42W, 48-09.50N 152-20.00W,
   48-08.63N 152-08.03W, 48-06.75N 151-42.45W,
   48-05.00N 151-20.00W, 48-04.71N 151-16.59W,
   48-04.53N 151-14.58W, 48-02.50N 150-51.58W,
   48-01.00N 150-35.00W, 47-59.85N 150-26.37W,
   47-59.12N 150-20.92W, 47-56.50N 150-01.68W,
   47-56.13N 149-58.98W, 47-56.00N 149-58.00W,
   47-51.36N 149-40.84W.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 497/26.

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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

3 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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 2026-10-01 16:24Z; 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.