Cable operations 23 nov until further notice by cableship rene descartes in area bound by 21-33.75N…
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3634/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-12-11 00:08Z
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 397/23 181154Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-18 12:33Z. 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
- Philippine 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3634/23 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2023-11-18 12:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 397/23 181154Z NOV 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 21.645, 122.134
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PHILIPPINE SEA. TAIWAN. DNC 23. CABLE OPERATIONS 23 NOV UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES IN AREA BOUND BY 21-33.75N 121-46.74E, 21-40.46N 122-02.21E, 21-55.25N 122-17.50E, 21-47.96N 122-27.61E, 21-29.92N 122-10.09E, 21-24.21N 121-56.01E. 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.
- 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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
143 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.
- Cable operations 160001Z oct until further notice by c/s dependable in area bound by 20-45.00N 121-00.00E,…2024-10-15
- Cable operations in progress until 18 oct by cableship cable retriever along trackline joining 20-22.70N…2024-09-30
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-23.87N…2024-09-22
- Cable operations 18 apr thru 25 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 23-46.42N 122-15.41E, 23-58.04N…2024-04-17
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship resolute in area bound by 21-19.29N…2024-03-20
- Cable operations 13 feb until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 21-10.00N 121-40.00E,…2024-02-12
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:02Z; 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.