Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 03 mar, alternate 04 thru 13 mar by cableship kddi pacific link in…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 346/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-03-08 11:43Z

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 69/17 301144Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-30 12:01Z. 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.

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issued
2017-01-30 12:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 69/17 301144Z JAN 17.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
5.378, 110.116
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
MALAYSIA.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 03 MAR,
   ALTERNATE 04 THRU 13 MAR BY CABLESHIP
   KDDI PACIFIC LINK
   IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINES JOINING:
   A. 04-07N 103-30E, 04-39N 106-52E,
      05-19N 107-42E, 05-56N 110-35E,
      06-19N 111-03E, 06-33N 113-19E,
      05-55N 116-03E.
   B. 03-22N 113-05E, 03-51N 112-56E,
      04-04N 113-02E, 04-13N 113-15E,
      04-15N 113-30E, 04-14N 113-47E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2866/16.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 MAR 17.

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.
Wide berth requested
Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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

71 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:47Z; 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.