Cable ops

Cable operations 270800Z apr until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…

Gulf of Thailand · HYDROPAC 1467/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-06-16 01:05Z

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 280/17 261209Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-26 12:54Z. 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
Gulf of Thailand. 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 Gulf of Thailand →

issued
2017-04-26 12:54Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 280/17 261209Z APR 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Thailand
position
9.177, 103.188
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
GULF OF THAILAND.
CAMBODIA.
VIETNAM.
DNC 03.
CABLE OPERATIONS 270800Z APR UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES
IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
10-31.5N 103-28.8E, 10-20.3N 103-06.5E,
09-57.5N 102-49.4E, 09-51.6N 102-49.5E,
08-08.5N 103-25.4E, 07-38.6N 103-42.1E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
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.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

38 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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

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 10:38Z; 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.