Cable ops

Pipeline operations are underway off Trinidad and Tobago until October 22 at 22:00 UTC, with tug Carib Sun and barge PTM 506 requesting a 500-yard berth.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 877/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-14 15:15Z

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 2026-09-11 16:56Z. First collected 2026-09-14 21:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 12:17Z. 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: 2026-09-11 16:56Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-10-22 22:00Z
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 10.210, -60.708
vessels: TUG CARIB SUN BARGE PTM 506
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-14 21:02Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
1. PIPELINE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   222200Z OCT BY TUG CARIB SUN AND BARGE PTM 506
   ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
   10-06.83N 060-49.74W, 10-10.62N 060-39.87W,
   10-10.66N 060-39.86W, 10-20.72N 060-40.74W,
   10-19.97N 060-41.00W, 10-20.00N 060-41.53W.
   500 YARD BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 222200Z OCT 26.

Reading this warning

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.
Tow / towing: A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

71 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 in the last 12 months · 1 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

Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 17.3 nm
Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 17.5 nm
Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 25.5 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 27.3 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 34.5 nm
Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 52.9 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 55 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 56.9 nm
Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 68.3 nm
Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 89.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 12:23Z; 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.