Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 01 sep 24 by cableship ile de molene in area bound by 31-57.8N 064-54.2W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 1502/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-16 17:26Z

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) · ILE DE MOLENE 0/23 261658Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-26 17:07Z. 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.

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issued
2023-12-26 17:07Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-09-02 00:01Z
authority
ILE DE MOLENE 0/23 261658Z DEC 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
ILE DE MOLENE
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
32.825, -66.799
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
BERMUDA.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 01 SEP 24
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE MOLENE IN AREA BOUND BY
   31-57.8N  064-54.2W, 32-16.5N 066-47.3W,
   33-14.0N 067-53.1W, 33-42.2N 068-11.7W,
   33-47.8N 068-11.0W, 33-46.7N 067-46.8W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 1489/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 020001Z SEP 24.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

17 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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 09:47Z; 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.