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Pipelaying operations in progress until 30 oct along trackline line joining 20-14.9N 114-54.0E, 19-56.4N…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1837/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-10-31 00:01Z

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 459/13 240947Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-24 12:31Z. 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 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 South China Sea →

issued: 2013-06-24 12:31Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 459/13 240947Z JUN 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South China Sea
position: 20.056, 115.256
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA.
1. PIPELAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   30 OCT ALONG TRACKLINE LINE JOINING
   20-14.9N 114-54.0E, 19-56.4N 115-24.8E,
   19-56.3N 115-25.2E, 19-54.7N 115-24.1E,
   19-56.6N 115-27.0E, 20-02.7N 115-35.0E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 OCT 13.

Reading this warning

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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

15 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.

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

Yellow observation buoy reported to exists in 19-20.6N 113-45.9E at 04 aprWrecks · 94.5 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:01Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.