Cable ops

Submarine cable operations by the ship Fu Hai are underway in the South China Sea off the Philippines from January 29 until further notice; wide berth requested.

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 334/24

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · NAVAREA XI 35/24 281200Z JAN 24.. Issued 2024-01-28 12:31Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued: 2024-01-28 12:31Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 35/24 281200Z JAN 24.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South China Sea
position: 18.957, 118.374
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 23.
CABLE OPERATIONS 29 JAN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
BY CABLESHIP FU HAI ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING
18-22.26N 116-43.53E, 18-21.25N 116-53.85E,
18-20.66N 116-58.68E, 18-25.18N 117-14.96E,
18-31.21N 117-26.04E, 18-37.15N 117-29.61E,
18-47.35N 117-45.34E, 19-01.64N 118-30.05E,
19-22.36N 119-07.69E, 19-23.43N 119-15.95E,
19-22.61N 119-20.17E, 19-20.32N 119-23.60E,
19-19.10N 119-28.04E, 19-19.58N 119-33.64E,
19-27.50N 120-03.49E.
WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.

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.
Until further notice: The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

61 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-27 03:10Z; 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.