Cable ops

Cable operations by M/V rebecca along tracklines joining: a. 060900Z to 141200Z aug 50-36.64N 050-13.18W,…

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 683/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-09 18:32Z

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 REBECCA 041416Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-04 17:29Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

Activity windows · 4 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2019-08-06 09:00Z2019-08-14 12:00Z—195 h
2019-08-14 16:00Z2019-08-24 23:00Z—247 h
2019-08-25 09:00Z2019-09-10 12:00Z—387 h
2019-09-11 09:00Z2019-09-25 12:00Z—339 h

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2019-08-04 17:29Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-09-25 13:00Z
authority
M/V REBECCA 041416Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
M/V REBECCA
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
49.963, -47.451
vessel
M/V REBECCA · 100 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS BY M/V REBECCA ALONG TRACKLINES
   JOINING:
   A. 060900Z TO 141200Z AUG
      50-36.64N 050-13.18W, 48-41.48N 050-42.60W.
   B. 141600Z TO 242300Z AUG
      48-44.22N 052-44.57W, 50-47.72N 049-58.20W.
   C. 250900Z AUG TO 101200Z SEP
      50-44.98N 049-48.69W, 49-32.87N 041-55.12W.
   D. 110900Z TO 251200Z SEP
      49-18.63N 042-57.85W, 50-33.73N 050-02.72W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251300Z SEP 19.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

28 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

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 10:18Z; 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.