Submarine cable laying operations 16 aug thru 20 sep by cableship bold endurance vicinity of trackline…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1319/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-09-21 00:00Z
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 535/01 150801Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-15 09:20Z. 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
- 2001-08-15 09:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 535/01 150801Z AUG 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 15.269, 112.906
- 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 16 AUG THRU 20 SEP BY CABLESHIP BOLD ENDURANCE VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 22-16N 114-16E, 19-45N 114-48E, 15-45N 113-20E, 13-07N 112-44E, 11-11N 111-08E, 08-41N 109-45E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 683/01(94,97). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 SEP.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 24 jun until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…2017-06-23
- Seismic survey in progress until 15 jun by vessel towing twelve 6000 meter long cables in area bound by…2014-04-28
- Seismic survey in progress until 31 oct by vessel towing six 6000 meter long cables in area bound by 18-20N…2011-04-12
- Seismic survey in progress until 30 nov by vessel towing six 6000 meter long cables in area bound by…2010-11-16
- Cable operations 14 thru 26 oct, alternate 27 oct thru 08 nov by cableship segero in area bound by 16-36.0N…2010-10-10
- Seismic survey in progress until 301600Z aug by M/V western spirit towing eight 6000 meter long cables in…2010-06-02
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 23:39Z; 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.