Cable operations are underway in the East China Sea by the cableship ILE DE RE until further notice; wide berth requested.
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2099/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-11 16:15Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-07-21 20:56Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-18 07:02Z. 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
- 2026-07-21 20:56Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 23.973, 118.895
- nearest port
- Xiamen · 56 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EAST CHINA SEA. CHINA. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP ILE DE RE IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 24-22.09N 118-19.49E, 24-19.57N 118-23.58E, 24-18.09N 118-29.18E, 24-17.92N 118-31.73E, 24-10.52N 118-39.62E, 24-03.97N 118-46.53E, 23-55.57N 118-57.99E, 23-46.55N 119-08.15E, 23-39.09N 119-15.28E, 23-37.22N 119-19.19E, 23-35.38N 119-26.73E, 23-34.89N 119-28.03E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
96 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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.
- Submarine cable laying works by c/s ile de re until further notice2026-07-21
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-23.87N…2024-09-22
- Cable operations 261600Z jun to until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 25-47.10N…2022-06-23
- Cable operations 281600Z may until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 22-09.7N 117-43.8E,…2021-05-28
- Cable operations 220400Z may until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 22-07.7N 117-30.8E,…2021-05-20
- Cable operations 111600Z may until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 25-32.9N 121-28.3E,…2021-05-11
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
25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 10:17Z; 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.