Cable ops

Cable laying operations 25 thru 28 aug by M/V kem in area bound by 49-04.1N 142-01.4E, 49-04.2N 141-54.4E,…

Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 1352/05

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2005-08-29 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 XIII 34/05 21 AUG 05.. Issued 2005-08-21 01:28Z. 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
Japan Sea. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Japan Sea →

issued
2005-08-21 01:28Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XIII 34/05 21 AUG 05.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Japan Sea
position
49.067, 140.991
vessel
M/V KEM
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 25 THRU 28 AUG
   BY M/V KEM IN AREA BOUND BY
   49-04.1N 142-01.4E, 49-04.2N 141-54.4E,
   49-04.2N 141-51.1E, 49-04.2N 141-43.0E,
   49-04.5N 141-30.3E, 49-04.3N 141-22.4E,
   49-04.4N 141-10.5E, 49-04.1N 141-04.0E,
   49-04.5N 140-57.5E, 49-04.3N 140-53.0E,
   49-04.4N 140-45.0E, 49-04.2N 140-42.2E,
   49-04.2N 140-41.3E, 49-04.2N 140-39.5E,
   49-04.4N 140-32.1E, 49-04.2N 140-23.1E,
   49-04.3N 140-21.5E, 49-03.5N 140-19.1E.
   FOUR MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 29 AUG.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Area bound by
Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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

21 within 180 nm since 2001 · 1 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
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25
26

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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:11Z; 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.