Cable laying operations 051200Z to 071200Z aug by cableship oceanic princess vicinity of trackline joining…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1254/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-07 09:20Z
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 497/01 POR EGC #2779 050001Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-05 00:27Z. 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 →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001-08-05 12:00Z | 2001-08-07 12:00Z | — | 48 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2001-08-05 00:27Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2001-08-07 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 497/01 POR EGC #2779 050001Z AUG 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 21.896, 120.029
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 051200Z TO 071200Z AUG BY CABLESHIP OCEANIC PRINCESS VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 22-00.0N 120-13.2E, 21-57.9N 120-03.0E, 21-43.5N 119-53.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1239/01. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071300Z 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
151 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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 in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining…2026-07-21
- Submarine cable laying works by c/s ile de re until further notice2026-07-21
- Cable operations 160001Z oct until further notice by c/s dependable in area bound by 20-45.00N 121-00.00E,…2024-10-15
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-23.87N…2024-09-22
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship resolute in area bound by 21-19.29N…2024-03-20
- Cable operations 13 feb until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-10.00N 121-40.00E,…2024-02-12
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:54Z; 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.