Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 240300Z nov by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3092/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-11-16 23:54Z

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 591/16 101046Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-10 09:15Z. 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
2016-10-10 09:15Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-11-24 04:00Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 591/16 101046Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
3.572, 107.524
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   240300Z NOV BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   02-23.5N 104-00.7E, 04-57.0N 107-42.1E,
   04-57.0N 108-24.7E, 02-01.0N 109-52.3E,
   01-52.8N 110-22.0E, 01-42.8N 110-21.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 240400Z NOV 16.

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.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

58 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 01:56Z; 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.