Cable ops

Cable operations by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · NAVAREA III 145/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates
Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator). Issued 2026-09-28 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-28 12:10Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-28 16:55Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 38.675, 4.936. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued
2026-09-28 00:00Z
status
Listed in force
authority
Spanish Navy IHM (NAVAREA III coordinator)
NAVAREA
NAVAREA III
issued by
SPANISH NAVY IHM
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position
38.675, 4.936
nearest port
Bejaia · 116 nm
source
Spanish Navy IHM NAVAREA III (Mediterranean / Black Sea) · first seen 2026-09-28 12:10Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
CABLE OPERATIONS BY MV MAASVLIET (IMO-9996915)
DAYS 281200 UTC SEP 26 UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
IN THE SEGMENTS:
A
39-32.67N 001-22.32E
40-00.45N 001-50.71E
B
38-17.61N 003-23.15E
38-42.10N 004-24.37E
C
37-50.58N 008-49.22E
37-39.59N 009-47.26E

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

72 within 180 nm since 2001 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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05
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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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-28 17:10Z; 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.