Pipelaying operations in progress until 31 dec vicinity of trackline between 21-22.8N 114-54.8E and 21-20.9N…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3915/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-01-01 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 XI 933/13 170516Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-17 06:45Z. 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.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2013-12-17 06:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 933/13 170516Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 21.364, 114.948
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. PIPELAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 31 DEC VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 21-22.8N 114-54.8E AND 21-20.9N 114-59.0E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 01 JAN 14.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
13 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.
- Recent ship reports indicate local traffic is still using traffic separation scheme (tss) oriented 090-270…2016-04-07
- Five persons overboard vicinity 19-00N 114-40E2015-10-13
- Five persons overboard vicinity 18-39N 115-18E2015-10-11
- Pipelaying operations in progress until 30 oct vicinity of trackline joining 20-14.9N 114-54.0E, 19-54.7N…2014-04-28
- Pipelaying operations in progress until 31 dec vicinity of trackline between 21-11.4N 115-01.4E and 21-20.9N…2013-12-06
- Northern South China Sea2013-08-21
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:01Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.