Cable ops

Cable operations 161000Z nov until further notice by cableship teneo in area bound by 02-52.0N 100-43.0E,…

Malacca Strait · HYDROPAC 3764/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-11-25 12:51Z

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 657/19 160757Z NOV 19.. Issued 2019-11-16 08:27Z. 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
Malacca Strait. 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 Malacca Strait →

issued
2019-11-16 08:27Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 657/19 160757Z NOV 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Malacca Strait
position
2.617, 100.836
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

STRAIT OF MALACCA.
INDONESIA.
DNC 03.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS 161000Z NOV UNTIL FURTHER
   NOTICE BY CABLESHIP TENEO IN AREA BOUND BY
   02-52.0N 100-43.0E, 02-51.7N 100-43.5E,
   02-49.9N 100-42.6E, 02-47.1N 100-43.1E,
   02-41.3N 100-47.9E, 02-33.0N 100-52.9E,
   02-28.2N 101-01.2E, 02-27.7N 101-01.0E,
   02-32.6N 100-52.5E, 02-41.0N 100-47.5E,
   02-46.8N 100-42.6E, 02-50.0N 100-42.0E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3581/19.

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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

27 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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 04:40Z; 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.