Submarine cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes vicinity of…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 125/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-17 19:00Z
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 31/09 15 JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-15 04:50Z. 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
- 2009-01-15 04:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 31/09 15 JAN 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.426, 119.338
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 17-23.5N 117-39.4E, 17-39.5N 118-19.1E, 18-55.1N 119-30.6E, 18-55.9N 120-08.7E, 19-02.5N 120-43.6E, 18-49.1N 121-07.9E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2569/08.
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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
55 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 29 jan until further notice by cableship fu hai along trackline joining 18-22.26N…2024-01-28
- Cable operations 11 aug thru 10 oct by cableship dependable along trackline joining 21-30.00N 125-34.10E,…2023-08-06
- Philippines2022-11-09
- Cable operations in progress until 20 nov, alternate 21 thru 24 nov by cableship kddi ocean link in area…2022-11-09
- Cable operations in progress until 06 nov, alternate 07 thru 10 nov by cableship kddi ocean link in area…2022-10-30
- Cable operations in progress until 26 oct, alternate 27 thru 30 oct in area bound by 17-31.74N 120-01.26E,…2022-10-21
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 2026-10-02 00:08Z; 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.