Cable ops

Cable operations by M/V layla: a. in progress until 301200Z apr in area within five miles of trackline…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 464/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-26 16:35Z

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 241101Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-24 13:23Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2024-04-24 13:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-05-05 13:00Z
authority
M/V LAYLA 0/24 241101Z APR 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V LAYLA
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.340, -70.373
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

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY M/V LAYLA:
   A. IN PROGRESS UNTIL 301200Z APR IN AREA
      WITHIN FIVE MILES OF TRACKLINE JOINING
      37-26.00N 070-46.00W, 37-23.00N 070-29.00W,
      37-15.00N 070-01.00W, 37-14.00N 069-40.00W,
      37-14.00N 069-14.00W, 37-16.00N 068-50.00W,
      37-17.00N 068-38.00W.
   B. 011200Z THRU 051200Z MAY IN AREA
      WITHIN FIVE MILES OF TRACKLINE JOINING
      40-04.00N 066-49.00W, 40-18.00N 066-05.00W.
      TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 453/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 051300Z MAY 24.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Within a radius of
A circular area — every position within a stated distance of a point.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

20 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 12:56Z; 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.