Cable operations 130900Z to 201459Z may by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 21-53.2N 115-04.0E, 21-52.7N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1613/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-05-17 12:54Z
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 277/19 130450Z MAY 19.. Issued 2019-05-13 06:54Z. 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
- South 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
- Cable operations 071200Z to 142359Z may by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 22-11.3N 114-31.4E 22-10.4N…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1613/19 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-05-13 09:00Z | 2019-05-20 14:59Z | — | 173 h 59 |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2019-05-13 06:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-05-20 15:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 277/19 130450Z MAY 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 21.878, 115.078
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. CHINA. DNC 23. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 130900Z TO 201459Z MAY BY CABLESHIP LODBROG IN AREA BOUND BY 21-53.2N 115-04.0E, 21-52.7N 115-05.6E, 21-52.2N 115-05.4E, 21-52.7N 115-03.8E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1538/19. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 201559Z MAY 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
71 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-39.50N…2023-03-27
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-41.20N…2023-03-20
- Cable operations 092200Z feb until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 21-39.4N 114-22.7E,…2022-02-08
- Cable operations 281600Z may until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 22-09.7N 117-43.8E,…2021-05-28
- Cable operations 220400Z may until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 22-07.7N 117-30.8E,…2021-05-20
- Cable operations 31 oct thru 10 nov by c/s lodbrog in area bound by 21-04.1N 114-21.0E 21-04.2N 114-22.1E…2020-10-30
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
22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 16:18Z; 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.