Cable ops

Cable operations 241300Z nov to 040001Z dec by M/V layla in area within three miles of trackline joining…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1357/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-11-24 01:44Z

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 232304Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-24 01:10Z. 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)locallength
2023-11-24 13:00Z2023-12-04 00:01Z—227 h 01

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

issued
2023-11-24 01:10Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-12-04 01:00Z
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/23 232304Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.949, -77.397
vessel
M/V LAYLA · 88 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
JAMAICA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 241300Z NOV TO 040001Z DEC
   BY M/V LAYLA IN AREA WITHIN THREE MILES OF
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   14-36.03N 077-00.83W, 14-39.00N 077-00.88W,
   14-52.13N 077-01.39W, 15-04.09N 077-01.82W,
   15-36.20N 076-58.20W, 16-34.02N 076-41.45W,
   15-22.60N 077-02.50W, 16-28.40N 076-43.80W,
   16-19.30N 076-47.60W, 16-02.02N 076-53.14W,
   15-47.90N 076-57.80W, 13-38.20N 078-03.80W,
   13-39.10N 078-02.20W, 13-33.65N 078-06.45W,
   13-30.33N 078-08.31W, 13-27.55N 078-09.58W,
   13-20.80N 078-12.73W, 13-19.62N 078-13.31W,
   13-43.57N 077-50.72W, 13-48.34N 077-38.67W,
   13-53.50N 077-26.20W, 13-52.35N 077-21.30W,
   13-54.93N 077-17.28W, 14-00.46N 077-08.81W,
   14-02.00N 077-06.50W, 14-02.97N 077-04.74W,
   14-03.20N 077-04.32W, 14-04.80N 077-02.70W,
   14-05.33N 077-01.40W, 14-15.00N 076-59.00W,
   14-19.80N 076-56.20W, 14-24.40N 076-59.20W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 040100Z DEC 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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

20 within 180 nm since 2008 · 1 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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:20Z; 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.