Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 12 jan by M/V layla in area bound by 17-00.80N 075-22.50W, 16-55.30N…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 38/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-01-13 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 0/24 111933Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-11 19:38Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

issued
2024-01-11 19:38Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-01-13 00:01Z
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/24 111933Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
16.950, -75.189
vessel
M/V LAYLA · 88 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

CARIBBEAN SEA.
HAITI.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 12 JAN
   BY M/V LAYLA IN AREA BOUND BY
   17-00.80N 075-22.50W, 16-55.30N 075-22.50W,
   16-59.10N 075-01.50W, 16-53.00N 075-01.00W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 33/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 130001Z JAN 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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

16 within 180 nm since 2008 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:14Z; 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.