Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 10 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 25-27.30N 122-27.59E,…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 1445/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-05-11 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) · NAVAREA XI 213/24 020001Z MAY 24.. Issued 2024-05-02 00:15Z. 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
Eastern China 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2024-05-02 00:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2024-05-11 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 213/24 020001Z MAY 24.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
25.139, 122.456
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EAST CHINA SEA.
TAIWAN.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 10 MAY
   BY CABLESHIP RESOLUTE IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-27.30N 122-27.59E, 25-26.57N 122-30.57E,
   25-22.00N 122-29.98E, 25-09.54N 122-31.39E,
   25-03.97N 122-26.38E, 24-51.61N 122-27.40E,
   24-50.40N 122-28.41E, 24-49.32N 122-26.35E,
   24-50.81N 122-25.23E, 25-04.79N 122-22.61E,
   25-09.94N 122-28.51E, 25-23.13N 122-27.19E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1261/24.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 110001Z MAY 24.

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.
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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

169 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:25Z; 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.