Cable operations 20 thru 30 dec by M/V tsm ouessant in area bound by 05-58.50N 055-15.35W, 06-13.12N…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1467/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-31 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) · SURINAME 14/23 171448Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-17 14:56Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-12-17 14:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-12-31 00:01Z
- authority
- SURINAME 14/23 171448Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SURINAME
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 6.114, -55.294
- vessel
- M/V TSM OUESSANT · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SURINAME. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 20 THRU 30 DEC BY M/V TSM OUESSANT IN AREA BOUND BY 05-58.50N 055-15.35W, 06-13.12N 055-21.61W, 06-13.58N 055-18.59W, 05-58.94N 055-13.88W. 500 METER BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310001Z DEC 23.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
40 within 180 nm since 2005 · 2 in the last 12 months · 2 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.
- Pipeline operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V saipem constellation in area bound by 08-07.37N…2026-07-05
- Pipeline operations in progress thru 31 dec 26 by the following vessels: c-confidence, c- installer,…2026-01-02
- Pipeline operations 10 jul thru 09 dec by M/V harvey supplier in area bound by 08-01.94N 057-00.37W,…2024-07-03
- Pipeline operations 05 jul thru 04 dec by M/V millie in area bound by 08-01.90N 057-00.40W, 08-02.10N…2024-06-28
- Pipeline operations in progress until 27 nov by M/V harvey carrier in area bound by 08-01.90N 057-00.40W,…2024-06-27
- Pipeline operations in progress until 27 nov by plv deep blue in area bound by 08-01.90N 057-00.40W,…2024-06-27
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
- Safewater buoy ls 06-04.81N 055-12.82W missingNav aids · 5.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 19:12Z; 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.