Cable ops

Philippines

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3180/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-11-21 12:28Z

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 410/22 092131Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-09 22:44Z. 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
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
2022-11-09 22:44Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2022-11-28 00:01Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 410/22 092131Z NOV 22.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
19.458, 121.879
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BALINTANG CHANNEL.
LUZON STRAIT.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 11, DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 27 NOV
   BY CABLESHIP FU HAI
   IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINES JOINING:
   A. 17-36.20N 116-50.70E, 17-16.80N 117-08.60E,
      16-50.50N 117-26.20E, 15-33.90N 118-47.00E,
      14-57.60N 119-15.00E, 14-49.40N 119-29.10E,
      14-31.10N 119-40.70E, 14-14.50N 120-03.00E,
      14-04.20N 120-37.50E.
   B. 18-51.80N 119-03.30E, 19-36.90N 119-25.80E,
      20-08.70N 121-04.40E, 20-07.40N 121-17.30E,
      20-32.70N 121-45.60E, 20-42.50N 122-03.80E,
      20-40.70N 122-15.10E, 21-10.60N 122-52.40E,
      21-09.20N 123-47.80E, 21-25.20N 124-03.60E,
      22-31.10N 126-34.40E, 22-46.80N 126-48.80E,
      23-19.00N 126-54.30E, 24-02.50N 127-43.40E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280001Z NOV 22.

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

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

88 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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24

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

25 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-29 22:38Z; 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.