Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 26 feb by cableship ile de bats vicinity of trackline joining 31-48.1N…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 257/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-27 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 48/08 11 FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-11 04:00Z. 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.

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Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2008-02-11 04:00Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 48/08 11 FEB 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
31.199, 125.423
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 26 FEB
   BY CABLESHIP ILE DE BATS VICINITY
   OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   31-48.1N 122-13.1E, 31-49.4N 122-16.7E,
   31-50.7N 124-23.1E, 31-19.0N 125-15.2E,
   30-59.6N 126-40.5E, 30-44.0N 127-13.4E,
   30-36.3N 127-24.0E, 30-33.9N 127-23.9E,
   30-25.1N 127-28.7E, 29-59.8N 127-53.7E,
   29-57.3N 127-58.6E, 29-46.9N 128-20.5E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2276/07.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 FEB.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

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

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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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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 02:39Z; 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.