Cable ops

Cable operations 231000Z oct until further notice by cableship rene descartes in vicinity of trackline…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3491/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-10-27 15:35Z

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 609/19 230205Z OCT 19.. Issued 2019-10-23 03:01Z. 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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Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →

issued
2019-10-23 03:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 609/19 230205Z OCT 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
19.880, 120.840
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
LUZON STRAIT.
BALINTANG CHANNEL.
DNC 23.
CABLE OPERATIONS 231000Z OCT UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN
VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
19-29.1N 120-07.9E, 19-33.8N 120-14.5E,
19-32.8N 120-43.1E, 19-34.3N 120-47.3E,
19-58.0N 120-56.7E, 20-00.5N 120-57.5E,
20-02.9N 120-59.5E, 20-08.1N 121-11.3E,
20-09.2N 121-12.3E, 20-34.4N 121-18.6E.
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.
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.
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

103 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 05:22Z; 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.