Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 31 dec by cableship decisive in vicinity of trackline joining 24-51N…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3014/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-09-27 11:47Z

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 562/17 041141Z SEP 17.. Issued 2017-09-04 11:44Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2017-09-04 11:44Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 562/17 041141Z SEP 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
25.519, 127.349
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EAST CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
TAIWAN.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 DEC
   BY CABLESHIP DECISIVE IN VICINITY OF
   TRACKLINE JOINING
   24-51N 121-50E, 24-54N 121-59E,
   24-56N 122-09E, 24-58N 122-15E,
   24-59N 122-28E, 25-00N 122-35E,
   24-57N 122-41E, 24-50N 122-45E,
   24-44N 122-55E, 24-41N 123-06E,
   24-35N 123-33E, 25-20N 125-17E,
   24-32N 126-15E, 24-53N 127-12E,
   24-47N 128-55E, 25-32N 129-22E,
   26-25N 130-17E, 26-55N 131-07E,
   27-47N 131-53E, 28-24N 131-56E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2989/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 18.

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.
Track line joining
Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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

14 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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17

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:53Z; 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.