Cable ops

Honduras

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 896/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-21 16:55Z

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) · NORTHERN EXPLORER 151833Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-15 18:45Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2016-10-15 18:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NORTHERN EXPLORER 151833Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
NORTHERN EXPLORER
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
17.256, -87.313
vessel
M/V NORTHERN EXPLORER · 69 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
GULF OF HONDURAS.
BELIZE.
GUATEMALA.
HONDURAS.
SEISMIC SURVEY 16 OCT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY M/V NORTHERN EXPLORER TOWING
12000 METER LONG CABLE IN AREA BOUND BY
18-27.4N 087-44.1W, 17-59.3N 085-46.0W,
16-17.6N 087-18.5W, 15-45.5N 088-13.3W,
16-03.7N 088-37.7W, 16-39.1N 088-03.5W,
17-30.4N 088-02.1W, 18-27.4N 087-44.1W.
EIGHT MILE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

Seismic survey
A survey that maps the rock beneath the seabed with sound pulses from air guns, recorded on streamers kilometres long.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
Towed array / streamer
Equipment towed a long way behind a vessel — sonar, a hydrophone cable, a sampling sled — invisible at the surface.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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20

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:54Z; 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.