Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by M/V rt rednet vicinity of trackline joining…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1248/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-08-06 17:53Z

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 492/01 040801Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-04 09:40Z. 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 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

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2001-08-04 09:40Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 492/01 040801Z AUG 01
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
3.442, 105.797
vessel
M/V RT REDNET · 6 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
   BY M/V RT REDNET VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   01-30.0N 104-39.0E, 01-57.7N 104-52.2E,
   02-50.2N 105-04.1E, 03-56.0N 105-59.8E,
   04-00.0N 106-20.2E, 04-37.2N 106-55.7E,
   05-00.1N 107-02.5E, 05-12.1N 107-11.8E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1052/01.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
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

155 within 180 nm since 2001 · 9 in the last 12 months · 2 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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 04:07Z; 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.