Cable laying operations 01 feb until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 254/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-03-08 23:08Z
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 59/16 291129Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-29 12:30Z. 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2016-01-29 12:30Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 59/16 291129Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 25.197, 124.905
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILIPPINE SEA. EAST CHINA SEA. DNC 23. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 01 FEB UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 25-11.4N 121-25.1E, 25-28.3N 121-28.8E, 25-13.3N 122-32.4E, 25-35.4N 124-33.7E, 25-10.0N 125-41.4E, 24-42.1N 126-09.3E, 25-01.9N 127-27.9E, 24-56.5N 128-33.8E, 27-26.1N 130.06.7E.
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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
114 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.
- Cable operations 100900Z may until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 24-51.27N…2024-05-10
- Cable operations in progress until 10 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 25-27.30N 122-27.59E,…2024-05-02
- Cable operations 18 apr thru 25 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 23-46.42N 122-15.41E, 23-58.04N…2024-04-17
- Cable operations 06 apr until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 25-45.62N 121-34.67E,…2024-04-05
- Cable operations by cableship kddi ocean link: a. 03 thru 08 dec, alternate 09 thru 11 dec in area bound by…2023-11-28
- Cable operations in progress until 20 oct by cableship resolute in area bound by 22-46.40N 121-55.90E,…2023-09-11
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:21Z; 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.