Pipeline operations in progress until 15 dec along trackline joining 18-07.11S 178-25.74E, 18-07.31S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3473/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-16 00:01Z
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 XIV 256/22 060354Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-06 04:18Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3473/22 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2022-12-06 04:18Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-16 00:01Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 256/22 060354Z DEC 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -18.120, 178.425
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. FIJI. DNC 06. 1. PIPELINE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 15 DEC ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 18-07.11S 178-25.74E, 18-07.31S 178-25.30E. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 160001Z DEC 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
23 within 180 nm since 2000 · 1 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.
- Pipeline operations 1900Z to 0700Z daily until 20 apr by vessel coral bay along trackline joining 17-41.01S…2026-03-31
- Cable operations in progress until 18 feb by cableship resolute in vicinity of trackline joining 19-40.79S…2025-02-09
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 18-07.11S 178-25.74E, 18-07.31S…2023-10-22
- Pipeline operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 18-07.11S 178-25.74E, 18-07.31S…2023-10-10
- Pipeline operations in progress until 30 jun along trackline joining 17-41.09S 177-23.30E, 17-41.40S…2022-05-23
- Cable operations 040001Z may until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…2022-05-02
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
- North ovalau island light 17-33.81S 178-50.92E unlitNav aids · 41.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 15:03Z; 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.