Cable ops

Cable operations 11 thru 17 sep, alternate 18 thru 25 sep by cableship peter faber in area bound by…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 2910/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-09-11 13:15Z

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 329/23 101211Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-10 12:32Z. 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
Philippine 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

issued
2023-09-10 12:32Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-09-26 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 329/23 101211Z SEP 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
23.116, 122.621
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PHILIPPINE SEA.
TAIWAN.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 11 THRU 17 SEP,
   ALTERNATE 18 THRU 25 SEP BY
   CABLESHIP PETER FABER IN AREA BOUND BY
   23-37.20N 123-00.50E, 23-28.60N 123-15.40E,
   23-19.10N 123-11.70E, 23-05.10N 122-56.50E,
   22-47.40N 122-16.80E, 22-38.10N 122-11.40E,
   22-46.40N 121-55.90E, 22-55.50N 122-02.30E,
   23-06.40N 122-15.50E, 23-18.10N 122-46.50E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2763/23.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 260001Z SEP 23.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

190 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:25Z; 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.