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Survey and pipeline operations in progress until 15 oct by M/V ptsc thang long along trackline joining…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1312/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-10-16 00:01Z

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) · HAIPHONG RADIO 180048Z APR 19.. Issued 2019-04-18 01:21Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued: 2019-04-18 01:21Z
status: Archived notice
authority: HAIPHONG RADIO 180048Z APR 19.
issued by: HAIPHONG RADIO
sea: South China Sea
position: 9.074, 108.400
vessel: M/V PTSC THANG LONG
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
VIETNAM.
DNC 11.
1. SURVEY AND PIPELINE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS
   UNTIL 15 OCT BY M/V PTSC THANG LONG ALONG
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   08-33.68N 108-46.68E, 08-33.21N 108-44.99E,
   08-34.52N 108-44.63E, 08-33.68N 108-43.56E,
   08-33.97N 108-43.33E, 08-45.92N 108-33.85E,
   08-47.60N 108-35.99E, 08-46.57N 108-33.47E,
   08-53.47N 108-30.62E, 08-52.44N 108-28.10E,
   08-53.79N 108-30.47E, 09-31.51N 108-08.66E,
   09-30.16N 108-06.30E, 09-32.37N 108-07.88E,
   09-37.73N 108-00.30E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 OCT 19.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

88 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

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

Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 77.9 nm
Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 86.1 nm
Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 86.1 nm
Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 87 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 01:09Z; source collection times vary.

Cable ops

Cable laying, pipeline and seismic operations. All current cable & pipeline work →

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