Submarine cable operations in progress until 30 jan vicinity of tracklines joining: a. 30-50.9N 121-53.0E,…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 2072/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-01-31 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 860/01 200805Z DEC 01; NAVAREA XI 861/01 200805Z DEC 01. Issued 2001-12-20 08:23Z. 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
- 2001-12-20 08:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 860/01 200805Z DEC 01; NAVAREA XI 861/01 200805Z DEC 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 29.725, 124.606
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SUBMARINE CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 30 JAN VICINITY OF
TRACKLINES JOINING:
A. 30-50.9N 121-53.0E, 30-49.7N 122-05.6E, 30-40.8N 122-35.9E,
30-38.0N 123-16.0E, 29-46.2N 124-24.0E, 29-26.0N 125-46.9E,
28-30.6N 125-44.4E, 26-35.8N 123-46.0E.
B. 30-50.8N 121-53.3E, 30-50.4N 122-32.8E, 30-49.3N 123-06.0E,
30-33.4N 123-28.3E, 29-49.2N 124-59.6E, 29-50.6N 126-03.3E,
30-51.4N 126-58.2E, 31-37.1N 127-14.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 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
107 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 · 82.7 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.