Cable operations are in progress in the Caribbean Sea near Aruba by the cable ship Pan Am along several tracks; wide berth is requested.
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 127/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MERTECH MARINE 0/24 051601Z FEB 24.. Issued 2024-02-05 18:05Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Caribbean Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2024-02-05 18:05Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- MERTECH MARINE 0/24 051601Z FEB 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- MERTECH MARINE
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 13.218, -69.858
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. ARUBA. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP PANAM ALONG TRACKLINES JOINING: A. 13-10.34N 069-51.47W, 12-55.78N 069-48.86W, 12-43.47N 069-46.66W, 12-39.79N 069-46.00W. B. 13-47.75N 069-55.00W, 13-30.00N 069-55.00W, 13-22.30N 069-53.62W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
29 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 in progress until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 14-40.00N 071-27.00W,…2024-02-28
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in area bound by 13-10.00N 069-54.00W,…2024-02-12
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in area bound by 13-30.00N 069-58.00W,…2024-02-11
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in area bound by 13-48.00N 069-52.00W,…2024-02-09
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in area bound by 13-48.00N 069-58.00W,…2024-02-09
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla in areas bound by: a. 14-06.00N…2024-02-06
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
- Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 102.5 nm
- Cabo negro light 11-30.15N 069-33.34W unlitNav aids · 104.5 nm
- Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 110 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:09Z; 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.