Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until further notice by cableship rene descartes vicinity of tracklines…

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 511/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-04-21 14:16Z

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 151/09 10 MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-11 13:39Z. 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.

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issued
2009-03-11 13:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 151/09 10 MAR 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
South China Sea
position
-1.476, 106.848
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL
   FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINES JOINING:
   A. 01-12.5N 104-09.5E, 01-20.7N 104-39.2E,
      01-15.2N 104-59.0E, 00-38.2N 105-41.3E,
      00-07.6S 106-10.4E, 01-00.0S 106-36.0E.
   B. 01-00.0S 106-36.0E, 00-01.7S 108-53.9E,
      00-02.6S 109-09.3E.
   C. 05-53.3S 107-08.2E, 04-13.6S 107-26.3E,
      04-01.8S 107-16.0E, 03-30.0S 107-19.3E,
      02-20.4S 107-14.2E, 01-35.9S 107-02.0E,
      01-09.7S 106-50.4E, 01-00.0S 106-36.0E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 411/09.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Until further notice
The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

8 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 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

22 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 13:59Z; 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.