Cable repair operations 08 thru 15 dec, alternate 16 thru 20 dec by M/V kddi ocean link in area bound by…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 3967/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-12-15 12:56Z
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 916/15 031142Z DEC 15.. Issued 2015-12-03 15:35Z. 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
- Eastern China 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
- RACON at kotte kunnu light 12-00.4N 075-12.1E inoperativelater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2015-12-03 15:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 916/15 031142Z DEC 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 30.293, 124.869
- vessel
- M/V KDDI OCEAN LINK · 46 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EAST CHINA SEA. DNC 23. 1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 08 THRU 15 DEC, ALTERNATE 16 THRU 20 DEC BY M/V KDDI OCEAN LINK IN AREA BOUND BY 30-27.5N 124-30.9E, 30-20.0N 124-45.8E, 30-13.1N 125-15.7E, 30-09.8N 125-14.8E, 30-16.9N 124-44.7E, 30-24.4N 124-29.1E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 DEC 15.
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.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
116 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 24 thru 30 may, alternate 31 may thru 02 jun by cableship kddi ocean link in area bound by…2023-05-23
- Cable operations 18 thru 23 nov, alternate 24 thru 29 nov by cableship fu hai along trackline joining…2021-11-17
- Cable operations 03 thru 10 nov, alternate 11 thru 16 nov by cableship fu hai in area bound by 29-53.5N…2021-11-01
- Cable operations 19 thru 23, alternate 24 thru 30 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-22.7N…2021-10-18
- Cable operations 11 thru 15, alternate 16 thru 20 oct by cableship fu hai in area bound by 30-44.4N…2021-10-10
- Cable operations by cableship kddi ocean link: a. 16 thru 21 jul, alternate 22 thru 24 jul in area bound by…2021-07-15
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 61.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:47Z; 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.