Cable operations in progress until 01 nov by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 05-41.0N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3086/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-02 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) · NAVAREA XI 389/20 220850Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-22 09:04Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2020-10-22 09:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 389/20 220850Z OCT 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 5.704, 107.992
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 11. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 01 NOV BY CABLESHIP ILE DE RE IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 05-41.0N 108-03.0E, 05-43.5N 107-56.0E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2972/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 02 NOV 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.
- 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.
- 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
83 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 until further notice by cableship teneo in 06-47.46N 109-19.20E2024-03-25
- Cable operations 28 jan thru 06 feb by c/s teneo in vicinity 06-47.46N 109-19.20E2024-01-27
- Cable operations 12 jun thru 08 sep by cableship kddi cable infinity in vicinity of trackline joining…2023-06-07
- Cable operations 05 thru 14 jul by cableship teneo in vicinity of 07-30.0N 109-06.2E2021-07-04
- Cable operations 110500Z to 172359Z jun by cableship teneo in vicinity of 03-43.5N 105-45.2E2021-06-10
- Cable operations 31 may to 10 jun by cableship teneo in vicinity of trackline joining 05-24.2N 107-23.7E,…2021-05-30
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 120 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:42Z; 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.