Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla in areas bound by: a. 15-14.00N…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 111/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-02-06 21:24Z

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) · M/V LAYLA 0/24 011825Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-01 18:44Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. 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
2024-02-01 18:44Z
status
Archived notice
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/24 011825Z FEB 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.502, -69.407
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
ARUBA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY CABLESHIP LAYLA IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 15-14.00N 068-23.00W, 15-10.00N 068-19.00W,
      15-13.00N 068-14.00W, 15-17.00N 068-17.00W.
   B. 14-06.00N 069-51.00W, 14-11.00N 069-55.00W,
      14-19.00N 069-47.00W, 14-44.00N 069-09.00W,
      14-39.00N 069-06.00W, 14-15.00N 069-43.00W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 105/24.

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.
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

32 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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 2026-10-02 05:35Z; 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.