Cable ops

Cable repair operations 30 sep thru 04 oct, alternate 05 thru 07 oct by M/V kdd pacific link in area bound…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 1677/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-10-06 08:50Z

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 495/03 27 SEP 03. Issued 2003-09-27 12:55Z. 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
2003-09-27 12:55Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 495/03 27 SEP 03
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
25.583, 122.383
vessel
M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK · 19 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 30 SEP THRU 04 OCT,
   ALTERNATE 05 THRU 07 OCT BY
   M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-42N 122-20E, 25-30N 122-30E,
   25-28N 122-26E, 25-40N 122-16E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 OCT.

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.
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

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

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24

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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:08Z; 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.