Cable operations 31 jul until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…
Gulf of Thailand · HYDROPAC 2576/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-08-20 11:55Z
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 476/17 291219Z JUL 17.. Issued 2017-07-29 00:20Z. 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
- Gulf of Thailand. 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
- Cable operations 24 jun until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline joining…cancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2576/17 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Thailand →
- issued
- 2017-07-29 00:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 476/17 291219Z JUL 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Thailand
- position
- 7.742, 103.647
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. GULF OF THAILAND. VIETNAM. DNC 03. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 31 JUL UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 07-38.6N 103-42.1E, 07-38.8N 103-41.9E, 07-39.2N 103-41.8E, 07-48.0N 103-36.9E, 07-50.5N 103-35.6E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2201/17.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
61 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 in the last 12 months · 1 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.
- Seismic survey works by M/V pxgeo 2 towing eight cables, each 5 mile long2026-08-06
- Malaysia DNC 03, DNC 112022-03-02
- Cable operations 01 aug until further notice by cableship lodbrog in area bound by 07-16.3N 100-47.3E,…2020-07-31
- Cable operations in progress until further notice along tracklines joining: a. 10-00.63N 104-00.77E,…2018-05-24
- Cable operations 270800Z apr until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…2017-04-26
- Seismic survey in progress until 16 aug by M/V pgs apollo towing ten three mile long cables in area bound by…2016-07-29
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:22Z; 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.