Cable operations by cableship Pierre de Fermat are in progress until 25 August between Aruba and Florida; wide berth requested.
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 729/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-23 14:30Z
A later message explicitly cancels this notice. Cancellation ends the notice; the later message must be checked for any statement about recovery or continuing danger.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-26 23:11Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-24 19:47Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Straits of floridalater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2026-07-26 23:11Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-08-26 00:01Z
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 21.900, -72.318
- nearest port
- Providenciales · 9 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. NORTH ATLANTIC. STRAITS OF FLORIDA. ARUBA TO FLORIDA. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 25 AUG BY CABLESHIP PIERRE DE FERMAT ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 12-50.00N 069-42.30W, 13-37.20N 069-39.20W, 14-16.10N 069-27.60W, 14-51.50N 069-09.70W, 15-09.60N 068-54.00W, 15-41.00N 068-51.50W, 17-08.00N 068-29.20W, 17-16.90N 068-29.80W, 17-25.60N 068-27.20W, 17-33.20N 068-22.80W, 17-38.30N 068-22.00W, 17-51.10N 068-25.40W, 17-55.50N 068-25.40W, 18-11.50N 068-17.00W, 18-14.90N 068-12.80W, 18-33.90N 068-03.40W, 18-40.80N 068-03.00W, 18-53.10N 067-55.50W, 19-13.20N 068-01.50W, 20-06.10N 068-17.60W, 20-43.00N 068-46.70W, 21-29.20N 069-44.70W, 21-41.20N 070-14.60W, 22-38.30N 071-38.10W. 22-45.80N 071-43.00W, 23-08.00N 071-40.40W, 23-21.20N 071-45.00W, 24-00.80N 072-32.00W, 24-59.80N 073-52.30W, 25-24.50N 074-10.70W, 25-46.80N 074-48.80W, 27-06.90N 077-19.00W, 27-26.70N 077-50.30W, 27-30.30N 078-18.60W, 27-36.00N 078-29.80W, 27-32.20N 079-06.50W, 27-29.50N 079-14.40W, 27-26.80N 079-17.30W, 27-23.70N 079-28.90W, 27-23.10N 079-29.70W, 27-21.70N 079-30.30W, 27-17.20N 079-30.10W, 26-49.10N 079-29.20W, 26-45.60N 079-30.00W, 26-41.40N 079-32.50W, 26-37.20N 079-36.60W, 26-36.20N 079-38.90W, 26-32.50N 079-41.80W, 26-29.20N 079-48.90W, 26-29.00N 079-51.10W, 26-26.60N 079-54.70W, 26-23.90N 080-01.60W, 26-22.80N 080-02.30W, 26-22.70N 080-04.10W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260001Z AUG 26.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
16 within 180 nm since 1999 · 3 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 13 sep thru 03 oct by cableship it intrepid in vicinity of 23-17.56N 071-18.47W2026-09-10
- Straits of florida2026-08-23
- Cable operations 181400Z mar until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 23-50.00N 071-45.00W,…2024-03-17
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship layla in area bound by 22-17.00N 069-42.00W,…2024-03-16
- Cable operations 03 thru 14 feb by cableship layla in areas bound by: a. 22-49.01N 070-44.84W, 23-12.75N…2023-01-31
- Cable operations 19 dec thru 03 jan by cableship layla in area bound by 23-21.03N 071-10.34W, 21-52.16N…2022-12-17
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
- Ile de la tortue w. point light 20-03-44N 072-58-02W unlitNav aids · 116.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:13Z; 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.