Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 14 dec by M/V layla in area within three miles of trackline joining…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1386/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-12-15 00:01Z

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 301401Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-30 14:46Z. 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.

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Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

issued
2023-11-30 14:46Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-12-15 00:01Z
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/23 301401Z NOV 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.968, -77.027
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 IN PROGRESS UNTIL 14 DEC
   BY M/V LAYLA IN AREA WITHIN THREE MILES OF
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   13-19.62N 078-13.31W, 13-20.80N 078-12.73W,
   13-27.55N 078-09.58W, 13-30.33N 078-08.31W,
   13-33.65N 078-06.45W, 13-38.20N 078-03.80W,
   13-39.10N 078-02.20W, 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, 14-36.03N 077-00.83W,
   14-39.00N 077-00.88W, 14-52.13N 077-01.39W,
   15-04.09N 077-01.82W, 15-22.60N 077-02.50W,
   15-36.20N 076-58.20W, 15-47.90N 076-57.80W,
   16-02.02N 076-53.14W, 16-19.30N 076-47.60W,
   16-28.40N 076-43.80W, 16-34.02N 076-41.45W.
   ONE MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1364/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150001Z DEC 23.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

17 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:15Z; 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.