Cable operations 29 sep thru 04 oct, alternate 05 thru 08 oct by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 2818/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-06 23:46Z
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 363/20 281148Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-28 11:50Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 2818/20 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2020-09-28 11:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 363/20 281148Z SEP 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 30.307, 125.102
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EAST CHINA SEA. DNC 23. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 29 SEP THRU 04 OCT, ALTERNATE 05 THRU 08 OCT BY CABLESHIP KDDI OCEAN LINK IN AREA BOUND BY 30-24.2N 124-48.6E, 30-21.5N 124-47.7E, 30-12.7N 125-23.3E, 30-15.5N 125-24.3E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 OCT 20.
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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
116 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 24 thru 30 may, alternate 31 may thru 02 jun by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…2023-05-23
- Cable operations 18 thru 23 nov, alternate 24 thru 29 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-17
- Cable operations 03 thru 10 nov, alternate 11 thru 16 nov by cableship fu hai in area bound by 29-53.5N…2021-11-01
- Cable operations 19 thru 23, alternate 24 thru 30 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-22.7N…2021-10-18
- Cable operations 11 thru 15, alternate 16 thru 20 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-44.4N…2021-10-10
- Cable operations by cableship kddi ocean link: a. 16 thru 21 jul, alternate 22 thru 24 jul in area bound by…2021-07-15
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 70.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 17:50Z; 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.