Cable ops

Cable operations 20 thru 24 feb by cableship layla in area bound by 16-44.33N 066-12.46W, 16-51.30N…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 180/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-25 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 171700Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-17 17:57Z. 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 →

issued: 2023-02-17 17:57Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-02-25 00:01Z
authority: M/V LAYLA 0/23 171700Z FEB 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: M/V LAYLA
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 16.866, -65.871
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
PUERTO RICO.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 20 THRU 24 FEB BY
   CABLESHIP LAYLA IN AREA BOUND BY
   16-44.33N 066-12.46W, 16-51.30N 066-01.70W,
   17-09.14N 065-38.98W, 17-00.23N 065-32.52W,
   16-43.33N 065-54.05W, 16-35.45N 066-06.01W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 250001Z FEB 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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

25 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 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.

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

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 07:18Z; 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.