Underwater cable operations 032000Z to 131100Z aug by M/V kdd pacific link in area bound by 35-57.5N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1129/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-07-13 12:00Z
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 430/00 310806Z JUL 00. Issued 2000-07-31 08:35Z. 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
- Japan 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.
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000-08-03 20:00Z | 2000-08-13 11:00Z | — | 231 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2000-07-31 08:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2000-08-13 12:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 430/00 310806Z JUL 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 35.720, 130.771
- vessel
- M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK · 19 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS 032000Z TO 131100Z AUG BY M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK IN AREA BOUND BY 35-57.5N 130-58.0E, 35-50.8N 131-03.3E, 35-30.0N 130-40.0E, 35-30.0N 130-30.0E, 35-46.5N 130-38.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 131200Z AUG.
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.
- 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.
- 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
6 within 180 nm since 1993 · 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.
- Seismic survey in progress until 04 apr by M/V tamhae 2 towing 1500 meter long cable in area bound by…2007-03-30
- Cable operations in progress until 30 sep by M/V segyero-ho along trackline joining 35-47-26N 129-57-28E,…2002-08-15
- Cable laying operations 300001Z jul to 031300Z aug by cableship kdd pacific link in area bound by 36-35N…2000-07-28
- Seismic survey in progress until 31 aug by M/V nordic explorer towing 3000 meter long cables in area bound…2000-07-07
- Underwater cable operations in progress thru 10 jul along trackline joining 35-33.0N 133-02.0E, 35-33.3N…1993-06-02
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 02:19Z; 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.