Cable ops

Cable laying operations 01 thru 27 mar by cableship subaru and M/V vega vicinity of trackline joining…

Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 543/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-03-28 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 146/14 241141Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-24 18:03Z. 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
2014-02-24 18:03Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 146/14 241141Z FEB 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Philippine Sea
position
21.773, 122.458
vessel
M/V VEGA · 9 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
EAST CHINA SEA.
PHILIPPINE SEA.
SOUTH CHINA SEA.
1. CABLE LAYING OPERATIONS 01 THRU 27 MAR
   BY CABLESHIP SUBARU AND M/V VEGA 
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING
   24-51.2N 121-49.8E, 25-02.9N 122-32.3E,
   24-42.2N 123-45.4E, 25-41.0N 125-30.9E,
   24-37.7N 125-48.7E, 23-23.7N 125-32.8E,
   22-02.5N 124-15.4E, 20-38.6N 123-50.7E,
   19-08.7N 121-32.1E, 19-39.9N 120-05.0E,
   18-37.4N 118-10.7E, 18-32.5N 116-12.4E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 MAR 14.

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

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

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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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M
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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 05:43Z; 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.