Cable ops

Cable operations 221900Z dec to 122359Z jan 22 by M/V rebecca in area bound by 38-06N 073-12W, 37-27N…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1144/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-01-13 00:59Z

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 REBECCA 221514Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-22 16:13Z. 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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Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2021-12-22 19:00Z2022-01-12 23:59Z—508 h 59

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2021-12-22 16:13Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-01-13 00:59Z
authority
M/V REBECCA 221514Z DEC 21.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V REBECCA
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
34.910, -68.540
vessel
M/V REBECCA · 100 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
BERMUDA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 221900Z DEC TO 122359Z JAN 22
   BY M/V REBECCA IN AREA BOUND BY
   38-06N 073-12W, 37-27N 072-22W,
   36-57N 071-39W, 35-58N 070-17W,
   34-00N 067-38W, 32-49N 065-15W,
   32-44N 064-57W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 130059Z JAN 22.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

21 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:14Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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