Cable ops

Cable operations 161900Z dec until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat in area bound by 17-17.19N…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1356/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-19 21:32Z

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) · C/S PIERRE DE FERMAT 0/22 160201Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-16 04:48Z. 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.

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issued
2022-12-16 04:48Z
status
Archived notice
authority
C/S PIERRE DE FERMAT 0/22 160201Z DEC 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
C/S PIERRE DE FERMAT
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
16.162, -70.762
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 161900Z DEC UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-17.19N 074-57.99W, 17-14.79N 074-22.21W,
   17-08.15N 073-58.55W, 16-58.71N 073-36.23W,
   16-28.43N 072-32.04W, 16-14.04N 071-36.27W,
   16-03.19N 069-54.71W, 15-24.80N 068-36.34W,
   15-10.35N 068-32.62W, 14-57.72N 068-18.39W,
   14-59.10N 068-17.00W, 15-11.23N 068-30.68W,
   15-26.32N 068-34.59W, 16-05.37N 069-54.57W,
   16-16.05N 071-35.95W, 16-30.30N 072-31.38W,
   17-00.57N 073-35.28W, 17-10.15N 073-57.75W,
   17-16.86N 074-21.74W, 17-18.93N 074-56.72W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1324/22.

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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

21 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:11Z; 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.