Cable ops

Possible hazards to navigation may exist for marine vessels operating in shallow water or operating bottom…

NAVAREA IV 267/05

issued: 2005-09-08 11:38Z
status: cancelled 2005-10-26 12:58Z (archive)
authority: E-MAIL GALE HOWERTON USCG 080155Z SEP 05.
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

POSSIBLE HAZARDS TO NAVIGATION MAY EXIST FOR
MARINE VESSELS OPERATING IN SHALLOW WATER OR
OPERATING BOTTOM DRAGGING EQUIPMENT. MARINERS
SHOULD BE AWARE THAT DUE TO HURRICANE KATRINA
OFFSHORE PIPELINE OPERATORS MAY HAVE PIPELINES
AND RELATED EQUIPMENT EXPOSED ON THE SEA FLOOR.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF DAMAGED
PIPELINE FACILITIES IN THE OFFSHORE AND INLAND
AREAS OF LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA AND
THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. MARINERS SHOULD EXERCISE
CAUTION AND REPORT ANY HAZARD TO NAVIGATION TO
THE NEAREST COAST GUARD UNIT.

Timeline

NAVAREA IV messages in force 260800Z oct 2005cancelled by · 2005-10-26

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

35 cable & pipeline work in force · see all

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.