Underwater cable operations until 31 dec vicinity of tracklines: a. between 31-48.8N 124-22.8E and 31-48.8N…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 1778/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-01-01 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) · NAVAREA XI IOR EGC#1187 030805Z NOV 01. Issued 2001-11-03 09:45Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2001-11-03 09:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI IOR EGC#1187 030805Z NOV 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- issued by
- NAVAREA XI IOR
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 31.778, 123.354
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS UNTIL 31 DEC
VICINITY OF TRACKLINES:
A. BETWEEN 31-48.8N 124-22.8E AND 31-48.8N 122-16.2E
B. JOINING 31-42.2N 124-25.4E, 31-44.8N 124-21.5E,
31-44.5N 122-19.9E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 02.
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.
- 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
120 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 in progress until 06 jun by cableship peter faber in area bound by 33-48.60N 124-37.20E,…2023-05-27
- 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 by cableship kddi ocean link 31 mar thru 05 apr, alternate 06 thru 08 apr in area bound by…2022-03-26
- Cable operations 18 thru 23 nov, alternate 24 thru 29 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-17
- Cable operations 10 thru 15 nov, alternate 16 thru 21 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-09
- 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
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 · 57.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 06:33Z; 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.