Dominican republic to jamaica
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 484/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-11 16:30Z
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 011318Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-01 13:54Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-12-02 10:00Z | 2010-12-16 10:00Z | — | 336 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2010-12-01 13:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-12-16 11:00Z
- authority
- RENE DESCARTES 011318Z DEC 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RENE DESCARTES
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.162, -71.675
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO JAMAICA. 1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 021000Z TO 161000Z DEC BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 18-25N 070-00W, 18-10N 069-47W, 18-02N 069-57W, 17-13N 070-24W, 17-00N 070-55W, 16-59N 072-24W, 16-33N 074-11W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 161100Z DEC.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
14 within 180 nm since 2006 · 0 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 in progress until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 14-40.00N 071-27.00W,…2024-02-28
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla in areas bound by: a. 14-06.00N…2024-02-06
- Cable operations in progress thru 11 jan by M/V layla along trackline joining 17-09.25N 076-03.87W,…2024-01-09
- Cable operations in progress until 31 oct by cableship layla within three miles of trackline joining…2023-10-29
- Cable operations in progress until 30 oct by cableship layla within three miles of trackline joining…2023-10-27
- Cable operations 241900Z to 271600Z oct by cableship layla within three miles of trackline joining 14-58.84N…2023-10-24
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:27Z; 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.