Cable ops

Cable laying operations in progress until 19 mar by cableship dependable vicinity of trackline joining…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 519/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-03-13 00:49Z

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 108/13 210729Z FEB 13.. Issued 2013-02-21 07:56Z. 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.

Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →

issued
2013-02-21 07:56Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 108/13 210729Z FEB 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
19.670, 122.485
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
LUZON STRAIT.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL 19 MAR BY
   CABLESHIP DEPENDABLE VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   21-07N 127-00E, 20-28N 126-03E,
   20-42N 125-25E, 19-08N 122-01E,
   19-38N 121-11E, 19-22N 120-04E,
   18-03N 118-00E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 MAR 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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

83 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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00
05
10
15
20
24

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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F
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A
M
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N
D

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 2026-10-01 23:32Z; 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.