Cable laying operations 05 mar thru 06 apr by cableship nexus along trackline joining 31-35N 121-55E, 31-34N…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 167/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-04-07 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). Issued 1999-03-01 14:18Z. 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 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
- Cable laying operations 01 mar thru 02 apr by cableship nexus along trackline joining 31-35N 121-55E, 31-34N…cancelled by this notice
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 08-40.4N 136-12.6E at 011149Z marcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 1999-03-01 14:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 30.469, 124.819
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 05 MAR THRU 06 APR BY CABLESHIP NEXUS ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 31-35N 121-55E, 31-34N 122-14E, 30-23N 124-48E, 29-54N 126-42E, 29-35N 126-57E, 29-11N 127-37E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 158/99. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 166/99(81). 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 07 APR.
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
117 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 thru 30 may, alternate 31 may thru 02 jun by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…2023-05-23
- Cable operations 18 thru 23 nov, alternate 24 thru 29 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-17
- Cable operations 03 thru 10 nov, alternate 11 thru 16 nov by cableship fu hai in area bound by 29-53.5N…2021-11-01
- Cable operations 19 thru 23, alternate 24 thru 30 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-22.7N…2021-10-18
- Cable operations 11 thru 15, alternate 16 thru 20 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-44.4N…2021-10-10
- Cable operations by cableship kddi ocean link: a. 16 thru 21 jul, alternate 22 thru 24 jul in area bound by…2021-07-15
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 52.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 09:58Z; 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.