Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-39.50N…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1041/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-04-05 14:06Z

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) · NAVAREA XI 116/23 272337Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-27 23:45Z. 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
South China 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
2023-03-27 23:45Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 116/23 272337Z MAR 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
21.637, 114.601
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
CHINA.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY CABLESHIP PETER FABER
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   21-39.50N 114-27.10E, 21-39.80N 114-45.20E,
   21-37.00N 114-45.20E, 21-36.50N 114-27.20E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 930/23.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

60 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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 2026-09-26 13:47Z; 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.