Cable operations 131900Z to 241200Z aug by M/V rebecca along trackline between 48-44.20N 052-44.60W,…
Labrador Sea · NAVAREA IV 892/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-20 00:02Z
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 0/23 101701Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-10 19:45Z. 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
- Labrador 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
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-13 19:00Z | 2023-08-24 12:00Z | — | 257 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2023-08-10 19:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-24 13:00Z
- authority
- M/V REBECCA 0/23 101701Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- M/V REBECCA
- sea
- Labrador Sea
- position
- 49.761, -51.342
- 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
LABRADOR SEA. WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. CANADA. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 131900Z TO 241200Z AUG BY M/V REBECCA ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN 48-44.20N 052-44.60W, 50-47.10N 049-56.40W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241300Z AUG 23.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.
- Cable operations 18 thru 22 may by M/V it integrity along trackline joining 47-37.60N 052-39.80W, 47-38.40N…2023-05-16
- Cable operations by M/V rebecca along tracklines joining: a. 060900Z to 141200Z aug 50-36.64N 050-13.18W,…2019-08-04
- Seismic survey in progress until 29 oct by M/V atlantic explorer towing 8700 meter long cable in area bound…2016-10-20
- Seismic survey in progress until 19 oct by M/V atlantic explorer towing 8700 meter long cable in area bound…2016-09-29
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V ramform viking towing ten 8100 meter long cables in…2015-07-13
- Seismic survey in progress until further notice by M/V veritas vantage towing eight 6000 meter long cables…2004-06-28
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
22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:14Z; 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.