Cable ops

Cable operations by cableship layla: a. in progress until 28 oct in area bound by 26-24.60N 075-24.50W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1138/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-09 18:50Z

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 0/22 271800Z OCT 22.. Issued 2022-10-27 20:34Z. 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
North Atlantic 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
2022-10-27 20:34Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-11-27 00:01Z
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/22 271800Z OCT 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
27.900, -78.399
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
BAHAMAS.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY CABLESHIP LAYLA:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 28 OCT IN AREA BOUND BY
      26-24.60N 075-24.50W, 26-05.33N 074-57.28W,
      25-56.93N 075-04.90W, 26-16.18N 075-32.14W.
   B. 01 THRU 04 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
      27-59.23N 078-56.31W, 27-54.23N 077-51.04W,
      27-48.81N 077-51.57W, 27-53.77N 078-56.89W.
   C. 04 THRU 09 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
      27-31.16N 077-11.58W, 27-17.72N 076-52.99W,
      27-13.50N 076-56.81W, 27-26.97N 077-15.45W.
   D. 12 THRU 26 NOV IN AREA BOUND BY
      23-21.03N 071-10.34W, 21-52.16N 069-17.55W,
      21-44.12N 069-25.30W, 23-12.98N 071-18.24W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1129/22.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270001Z NOV 22.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

18 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:03Z; 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.