Underwater cable operations 09 thru 21 apr by cableship wave mercury along trackline joining 25-06.2N…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 639/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-04-08 12:36Z
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 206/02 050805Z APR 02. Issued 2002-04-05 14:08Z. 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
- Eastern 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.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 639/02 and this msg, operations suspendedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2002-04-05 14:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 206/02 050805Z APR 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 24.827, 122.419
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS 09 THRU 21 APR BY CABLESHIP WAVE MERCURY ALONG TRACKLINE JOINING 25-06.2N 122-26.1E, 24-51.2N 122-26.3E, 24-41.1N 122-24.0E, 24-33.3N 122-22.1E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 APR.
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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
174 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.
- Cable operations 100900Z may until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 24-51.27N…2024-05-10
- Cable operations in progress until 10 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 25-27.30N 122-27.59E,…2024-05-02
- Cable operations 18 apr thru 25 may by cableship resolute in area bound by 23-46.42N 122-15.41E, 23-58.04N…2024-04-17
- Cable operations 06 apr until further notice by cableship peter faber in area bound by 25-45.62N 121-34.67E,…2024-04-05
- Cable operations by cableship kddi ocean link: a. 03 thru 08 dec, alternate 09 thru 11 dec in area bound by…2023-11-28
- Cable operations in progress until 20 oct by cableship resolute in area bound by 22-46.40N 121-55.90E,…2023-09-11
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
- 74 km s of yonakuni, japanQuakes · 67.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:46Z; 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.