Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 15 feb, alternate 16 feb by cableship dependable vicinity of…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 421/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-02-14 18:02Z

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 85/13 121119Z FEB 13.. Issued 2013-02-12 12:15Z. 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 the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2013-02-12 12:15Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 85/13 121119Z FEB 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
23.875, 132.773
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
JAPAN.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 15 FEB,
   ALTERNATE 16 FEB BY CABLESHIP DEPENDABLE
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   26-44N 136-10E, 26-10N 135-04E,
   25-06N 134-03E, 23-43N 133-24E,
   22-53N 132-46E, 21-54N 128-51E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 117/13.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 17 FEB 13.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

9 within 180 nm since 2008 · 1 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 01:21Z; 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.