Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 18 oct by cableship resolute in areas bound by: a. 15-58.10N 119-18.70E,…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2314/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-10-19 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 266/22 230227Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-23 04:21Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued: 2022-08-23 04:21Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-10-19 00:01Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 266/22 230227Z AUG 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South China Sea
position: 19.811, 120.312
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 18 OCT
   BY CABLESHIP RESOLUTE IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 15-58.10N 119-18.70E, 15-54.80N 119-11.60E,
      15-49.40N 119-11.20E, 15-45.10N 119-16.30E,
      15-48.40N 119-23.40E.
   B. 20-29.50N 122-37.50E, 20-35.10N 122-32.30E,
      20-28.30N 122-24.00E, 20-22.70N 122-29.20E.
   C. 19-53.00N 120-24.60E, 19-52.30N 120-18.40E,
      19-45.00N 120-06.40E, 19-38.90N 120-18.50E,
      19-42.30N 120-19.20E, 19-44.00N 120-21.60E,
      19-44.50N 120-25.50E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190001Z OCT 22.

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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Date-time group (DTG): A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

102 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

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 2026-10-02 00:55Z; 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.