Pipeline operations are underway in the South China Sea near the Philippines until 8 October by the vessel FORTITUDE, which requests a wide berth.
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2764/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-24 15:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-24 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-24 16:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 19:47Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 11.603, 118.916. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2026-09-24 00:00Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-10-09 00:01Z
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.603, 118.916
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-24 16:32Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. PHILIPPINES. 1. PIPELINE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 08 OCT BY M/V FORTITUDE IN VICINITY: A. 11-38.23N 118-56.36E. B. 11-34.10N 118-53.54E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090001Z OCT 26.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
36 within 180 nm since 2002 · 2 in the last 12 months · 3 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.
- Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitude2026-09-24
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice in vicinity of trackline joining 11-38.57N 118-54.38E…2024-03-18
- Pipeline repairing works2024-03-18
- Cable operations in progress until 11 apr by cableship vega in 10-36.00N 121-22.90E2024-03-15
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice by M/V skandi hawk in vicinity of trackline joining…2024-02-05
- Cable operations in progress until 27 apr by c/s cable retriever in vicinity of trackline joining 11-30.2N…2019-04-01
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
- Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitudeCable ops · 0 nm
- Pipeline repairing worksCable ops · 112.1 nm
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice in vicinity of trackline joining 11-38.57N 118-54.38E…Cable ops · 112.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 20:01Z; 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.