Cable ops

Cable repair operations in progress until 20 jan by M/V kdd pacific link in area bound by 25-38N 121-24E,…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 34/04

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2004-01-21 00:00Z

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 9/04 090805Z JAN 04; NAVAREA 7/04 090805Z JAN 04; MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND POR EGC#151 090755Z JAN 04. Issued 2004-01-09 09:50Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2004-01-09 09:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 9/04 090805Z JAN 04; NAVAREA 7/04 090805Z JAN 04; MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND POR EGC#151 090755Z JAN 04
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
25.508, 121.383
vessel
M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK · 19 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 20 JAN
   BY M/V KDD PACIFIC LINK IN AREA BOUND BY
   25-38N 121-24E, 25-33N 121-31E,
   25-23N 121-22E, 25-28N 121-15E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 21/04(97) AND 31/04(82).
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2243/03.
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 JAN.

Reading this warning

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

155 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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26

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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 21:27Z; 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.