Cable ops

Cable operations 24 jun until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2201/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-07-29 00:20Z

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 IX 416/17 231207Z JUN 17.. Issued 2017-06-23 12:42Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2017-06-23 12:42Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA IX 416/17 231207Z JUN 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
15.329, 113.857
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
CHINA.
DNC 23, DNC 11.
CABLE OPERATIONS 24 JUN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY
CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN VICINITY OF
TRACKLINE JOINING
22-13.7N 114-29.7E, 21-47.5N 115-23.5E,
21-16.0N 115-48.4E, 20-14.4N 116-11.3E,
17-50.1N 115-36.3E, 17-29.4N 115-49.1E,
15-08.7N 114-50.5E, 13-23.5N 113-26.5E,
13-21.9N 113-20.1E, 12-07.5N 112-25.7E,
10-44.4N 111-30.9E, 10-42.4N 111-21.6E,
10-08.4N 110-56.0E, 09-26.0N 110-09.0E,
08-58.4N 109-13.7E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

11 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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05
10
15
20
24

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

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A
M
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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 22:21Z; 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.