Submarine cable laying operations in progress until 26 dec by cableship oceanic princess vicinity 12-10N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2087/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-12-27 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 870/01 EGC 575 240003Z DEC 01. Issued 2001-12-24 01:57Z. 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 parsed report position is 12.167, 114.650. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2001-12-24 01:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 870/01 EGC 575 240003Z DEC 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 12.167, 114.650
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 26 DEC
BY CABLESHIP OCEANIC PRINCESS VICINITY 12-10N 114-39E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 DEC.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- 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
8 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 10 sep thru 04 oct by cableship asean restorer in vicinity of trackline joining 14-15.69N…2024-09-09
- Cable laying operations in progress until 20 mar by cableship dependable along trackline between 11-57.41N…2013-03-13
- Submarine cable laying operations 30 dec until further notice by cableship rene descartes along trackline…2008-12-27
- Seismic survey in progress until 30 jun 06 by M/V nan hai 502 in area bound by 08-55N 117-00E, 08-55N…2005-10-25
- Seismic survey 04 jul thru 17 aug by M/V pacific sword towing 4500 meter long cables vicinity 09-35.0N…2005-07-03
- Cable laying operations in progress until 11 oct by cableship bold endurance vicinity of trackline joining…2001-09-28
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
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:31Z; 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.