Cable ops

Cable operations 201800Z dec until further notice by cableship pierre de fermat in area bound by 14-57.72N…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1374/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-25 01:35Z

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 192124Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-19 21:32Z. 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
2022-12-19 21:32Z
status
Archived notice
authority
C/S PIERRE DE FERMAT 0/22 192124Z DEC 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
C/S PIERRE DE FERMAT
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.789, -63.564
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
MARTINIQUE.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 201800Z DEC UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   14-57.72N 068-18.39W, 14-52.52N 066-34.37W,
   14-52.20N 064-23.67W, 14-46.31N 063-36.28W,
   14-43.01N 062-54.33W, 14-37.04N 062-35.86W,
   14-34.45N 061-19.01W, 14-35.93N 061-14.22W,
   14-35.93N 061-05.51W, 14-37.11N 061-06.22W,
   14-37.78N 061-07.17W, 14-37.84N 061-14.51W,
   14-36.53N 061-19.38W, 14-37.74N 061-56.81W,
   14-38.90N 062-35.33W, 14-45.02N 062-53.97W,
   14-48.42N 063-35.97W, 14-54.27N 064-23.27W,
   14-54.61N 066-34.15W, 14-59.10N 068-17.00W,
   14-57.72N 068-18.39W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1356/22.

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

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

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22

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 2026-10-02 09:17Z; 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.