Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship wave sentinel in area within two miles of…
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 209/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-03 12:44Z
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) · AVURNAV CAYENNE 8/18 121309Z MAR 18.. Issued 2018-03-12 14:47Z. 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 parsed report position is 5.073, -52.252 with a 2.0 nm radius. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 209/18 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-03-12 14:47Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AVURNAV CAYENNE 8/18 121309Z MAR 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- AVURNAV CAYENNE
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 5.073, -52.252 · r 2.0 nm
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. FRENCH GUIANA. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP WAVE SENTINEL IN AREA WITHIN TWO MILES OF 05-04.4N 052-15.1W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- Within a radius of
- A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
104 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Cable operations 08 jul thru 31 aug by cableship ile d yeu within two miles of trackline joining 05-02.22N…2026-07-05
- Cable operations in progress until 31 aug in area bound by 05-48.42N 051-29.96W, 05-50.32N 051-27.42W,…2026-06-30
- Cable operations in progress until 12 nov by M/V tsm ouessant, M/V emlo, M/V sotalia and M/V embarcation…2023-10-19
- Cable operations 20 thru 30 oct by M/V ella-f in area bound by 05-20.97N 052-36.34W, 05-19.73N 052-38.78W,…2018-10-20
- Cable operations in progress until 06 sep by cableship pierre de fermat along trackline between 05-21N…2018-08-30
- Cable operations in progress until 28 aug by cableship pierre de fermat along trackline between 05-53N…2018-08-27
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
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 04:41Z; 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.