Cable operations 031000Z thru 10 nov by cableship layla within three miles of trackline joining 09-39.78N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1263/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-06 20:46Z
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 0/23 311323Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-31 13:46Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- North american ice service (nais) iceberg bulletin 070001Z novlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-10-31 13:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-11 00:01Z
- authority
- M/V LAYLA 0/23 311323Z OCT 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- M/V LAYLA
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.319, -80.106
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. PANAMA. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 031000Z THRU 10 NOV BY CABLESHIP LAYLA WITHIN THREE MILES OF TRACKLINE JOINING 09-39.78N 080-00.00W, 09-41.83N 080-00.00W, 09-51.50N 079-57.22W, 09-52.59N 079-57.68W, 09-52.95N 079-57.83W, 09-53.49N 079-57.98W, 10-02.28N 080-00.47W, 10-11.60N 080-03.10W, 10-15.67N 080-03.80W, 10-20.90N 080-04.70W, 10-21.68N 080-04.19W, 10-24.53N 080-02.35W, 10-29.10N 079-59.40W, 10-33.67N 079-55.45W, 10-45.68N 079-45.10W, 10-59.68N 079-33.13W. ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z NOV 23.
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.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
27 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.
- Cable operations 14 jan until further notice by M/V layla within three miles of trackline joining 11-06.60N…2024-01-13
- Cable operations in progress until 23 nov by cableship layla along trackline joining 11-29.36N 079-16.00W,…2023-11-19
- Cable operations in progress until 20 nov by cableship layla along trackline joining 11-29.36N 079-16.00W,…2023-11-12
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla along trackline joining 11-29.36N…2023-11-10
- Cable operations in progress until 10 nov by cableship layla within three miles of trackline joining…2023-11-07
- Cable operations 09 thru 15 nov by cableship layla along trackline joining 11-29.36N 079-16.00W, 11-33.35N…2023-11-06
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
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 55.6 nm
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 57 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 57 nm
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 57.6 nm
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 57.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:58Z; 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.