Cable ops

Underwater operations by cable ship ILE D'YEU along trackline in South Atlantic off Brazil, daily until 13 September, wide berth requested.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 789/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-23 14:45Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-08-14 13:06Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-14 20:47Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2026-08-14 13:06Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-09-13 21:00Z
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 1.638, -43.739
nearest port: Belem · 340 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SOUTH ATLANTIC.
BRAZIL.
1. UNDERWATER OPERATIONS 1000Z TO 2000Z
   DAILY UNTIL 13 SEP BY CABLESHIP ILE D' YEU
   ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   06-07.96N 050-11.98W, 05-42.65N 048-10.88W,
   04-08.82N 046-25.06W, 02-28.17N 045-06.01W,
   02-10.82N 044-46.98W, 00-43.66N 043-12.68W,
   00-18.44S 042-11.09W, 01-07.78S 040-58.42W,
   01-48.28S 038-57.49W, 02-14.74S 037-36.65W,
   02-11.35S 036-54.42W.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 132100Z SEP 26.

Reading this warning

Underwater operations: Divers or remotely operated vehicles are working below a vessel that cannot easily move out of the way.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

186 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.

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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:00Z; 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.