Cable ops

Cable repair operations 18 thru 22 oct, alternate 23 thru 27 oct by M/V kddi ocean link in area bound by…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 3164/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-10-24 23:59Z

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 602/16 161148Z OCT 16.. Issued 2016-10-16 12:36Z. 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.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2016-10-16 12:36Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 602/16 161148Z OCT 16.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
31.339, 122.673
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.
CHINA-EAST COAST.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 18 THRU 22 OCT,
   ALTERNATE 23 THRU 27 OCT BY
   M/V KDDI OCEAN LINK IN AREA BOUND BY
   31-22.2N 122-28.0E, 31-22.2N 122-50.1E,
   31-18.6N 122-52.6E, 31-16.7N 122-49.5E,
   31-18.9N 122-47.6E, 31-18.9N 122-28.0E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3053/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 OCT 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.
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

116 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 02:01Z; 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.