Cable ops

Cable repair operations in progress by cableship durable until 21 feb in area bound by: a. 01-30.1N…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 310/15

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-02-11 02:03Z

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 67/15 281056Z JAN 15.. Issued 2015-01-28 13:14Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2015-01-28 13:14Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 67/15 281056Z JAN 15.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
1.527, 104.490
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS BY CABLESHIP
   DURABLE UNTIL 21 FEB IN AREA BOUND BY:
   A. 01-30.1N 104-28.5E, 01-31.2N 104-27.9E,
      01-32.0N 104-29.1E, 01-33.5N 104-29.5E,
      01-33.2N 104-30.7E, 01-31.2N 104-30.2E.
   B. 01-28.9N 104-32.4E, 01-28.5N 104-32.9E,
      01-27.6N 104-31.9E, 01-28.1N 104-31.4E.
   C. 02-22.6N 104-52.0E, 02-22.7N 104-53.2E,
      02-21.6N 104-53.3E, 02-21.5N 104-52.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 FEB 15.

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.
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

143 within 180 nm since 1999 · 8 in the last 12 months · 1 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-25 01:53Z; 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.