Cable repair operations in progress until 07 feb by cableship cable retriever in area bound by 09-46.5N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 292/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-02-08 00:01Z
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) · HAIPHONG RADIO 251252Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-25 13:17Z. 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
- South 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2017-01-25 13:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HAIPHONG RADIO 251252Z JAN 17.
- issued by
- HAIPHONG RADIO
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 9.550, 107.782
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 11. 1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 07 FEB BY CABLESHIP CABLE RETRIEVER IN AREA BOUND BY 09-46.5N 107-32.0E, 09-45.5N 108-02.0E, 09-20.0N 108-02.0E, 09-20.0N 107-32.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 164/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 FEB 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
84 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 05 thru 14 jul by cableship teneo in vicinity of 07-30.0N 109-06.2E2021-07-04
- Pipeline operations 10 jun thru 31 oct by M/V nile river in vicinity of trackline joining 10-22.2N…2020-06-05
- Pipeline operations in progress until 11 sep by M/V nile river in vicinity of trackline joining 10-22.19N…2020-03-30
- Survey and pipeline operations in progress until 15 oct by M/V ptsc thang long along trackline joining…2019-04-18
- Cable operations 19 thru 28 sep by cableship lodbrog in vicinity 09-02.6N 108-18.9E2017-09-17
- Cable operations in progress until 17 jul by cableship resolute in area bound by 06-51.33N 108-19.26E,…2017-06-19
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 49.3 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 49.3 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 108.5 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 111.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 17:39Z; 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.