Cable ops

Cable operations 120900Z to 140900Z nov by cableship ile de molene in area bound by 12-17.40N 068-52.90W,…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1186/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-14 10:00Z

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) · ILE DE MOLENE 0/22 091502Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-09 15:36Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)	closes (UTC)	local	length
2022-11-12 09:00Z	2022-11-14 09:00Z	—	48 h

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

issued: 2022-11-09 15:36Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-11-14 10:00Z
authority: ILE DE MOLENE 0/22 091502Z NOV 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: ILE DE MOLENE
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 12.173, -68.761
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
CURACAO.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 120900Z TO 140900Z NOV
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE MOLENE IN AREA BOUND BY
   12-17.40N 068-52.90W, 12-13.60N 068-43.70W,
   12-05.50N 068-38.20W, 12-02.40N 068-42.70W,
   12-09.60N 068-46.90W, 12-13.20N 068-53.60W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141000Z NOV 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

20 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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

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

Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 13 nm
Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 25.5 nm
Cayo noroeste light 11-13.31N 068-26.28W unlitNav aids · 60.2 nm
Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlitNav aids · 61.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 22:09Z; 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.