Cable ops

Cable repair operations in progress until 17 feb, alternate 18 thru 20 feb by M/V kddi ocean link in areas…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 296/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-15 15:02Z

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 72/12 031205Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-03 14:39Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2012-02-03 14:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 72/12 031205Z FEB 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
31.901, 126.059
vessel
M/V KDDI OCEAN LINK · 46 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EAST CHINA SEA.
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 17 FEB,
   ALTERNATE 18 THRU 20 FEB BY M/V KDDI OCEAN LINK
   IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 33-12.5N 123-55.8E, 33-15.1N 123-58.2E,
      32-44.7N 124-42.3E, 32-42.1N 124-39.9E.
   B. 32-00.6N 125-55.4E, 31-50.2N 126-13.9E,
      31-47.4N 126-11.8E, 31-57.9N 125-53.2E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 189/12.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 FEB.

Reading this warning

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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

114 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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23

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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 01:30Z; 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.