Cable laying operations 12 thru 17 dec by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline joining 16-33N…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 505/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-16 22:29Z
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 111455Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-11 16:30Z. 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
- Dominican republic to jamaicacancelled by this notice
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 505/10 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2010-12-11 16:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RENE DESCARTES 111455Z DEC 10.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RENE DESCARTES
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 17.015, -75.640
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. JAMAICA-SOUTHEAST COAST. 1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 12 THRU 17 DEC BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 16-33N 074-11W, 16-38N 074-47W, 16-51N 075-10W, 16-59N 076-06W, 17-21N 076-33W, 17-56N 076-43W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL NAVAREA IV 484/10. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 DEC.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
15 within 180 nm since 2008 · 1 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.
- Underwater operations 05 thru 19 aug by cableship it intrepid in 16-32.79N 075-39.00W2026-08-05
- Cable operations in progress until 12 jan by M/V layla in area bound by 17-00.80N 075-22.50W, 16-55.30N…2024-01-11
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by M/V layla in area within three miles of 17-08.26N…2024-01-09
- Cable operations in progress until 28 dec by vessel M/V layla in area within 2.5 miles of trackline joining…2023-12-23
- Cable operations in progress until 26 dec by vessel M/V layla in area within 2.5 miles of trackline joining…2023-12-17
- Cable operations 05 thru 15 dec by M/V layla in area within 2.5 miles of trackline joining 13-19.62N…2023-12-04
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
- Portland ridge light 17-44.50N 077-09.50W unlitNav aids · 97.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 19:51Z; 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.