Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline…

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 475/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-11-29 14:15Z

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) · RENE DESCARTES 222218Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-22 23:13Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2010-11-22 23:13Z
status
Archived notice
authority
RENE DESCARTES 222218Z NOV 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
RENE DESCARTES
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
17.194, -68.052
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHEASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   17-11N 065-47W, 17-10N 066-30W,
   16-57N 067-57W, 16-55N 068-10W,
   16-59N 069-15W, 17-29N 069-24W,
   17-43N 069-27W, 18-10N 069-47W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 471/10.

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.
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.

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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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 21:11Z; 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.