Cable ops

Cable operations in progress until 20 mar by cableship asean explorer in area bound by 18-33.1N 119-17.6E,…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 489/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-03-21 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 62/22 242335Z FEB 22.. Issued 2022-02-24 23:41Z. 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 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 South China Sea →

issued: 2022-02-24 23:41Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 62/22 242335Z FEB 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South China Sea
position: 18.632, 119.557
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINES.
DNC 23.
1. CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 20 MAR BY
   CABLESHIP ASEAN EXPLORER IN AREA BOUND BY
   18-33.1N 119-17.6E, 18-38.8N 119-21.3E,
   18-41.4N 119-27.1E, 18-38.2N 119-40.1E,
   18-39.9N 119-45.8E, 18-40.4N 119-50.5E,
   18-37.8N 119-50.8E, 18-37.2N 119-46.4E,
   18-35.8N 119-40.2E, 18-38.5N 119-27.2E,
   18-36.9N 119-23.1E, 18-31.9N 119-20.1E.
   WIDE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 MAR 22.

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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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

65 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.

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

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 11:52Z; 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.