Cable repair operations 16 thru 26 apr by M/V wave mercury in area bound by 46-36.02N 141-07.66E, 46-37.12N…
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 734/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-04-27 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 XIII 3/09 09 APR 09.. Issued 2009-04-12 10:42Z. 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
- Japan 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.
- issued
- 2009-04-12 10:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIII 3/09 09 APR 09.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 46.609, 141.187
- vessel
- M/V WAVE MERCURY · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CABLE REPAIR OPERATIONS 16 THRU 26 APR BY M/V WAVE MERCURY IN AREA BOUND BY 46-36.02N 141-07.66E, 46-37.12N 141-07.66E, 46-37.12N 141-14.82E, 46-36.02N 141-14.82E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 APR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
15 within 180 nm since 2005 · 1 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 in progress until 15 dec by M/V topaz and M/V bureya within two miles of trackline joining…2026-08-31
- Cable operations in progress until 31 dec in area bound by 49-06.08N 140-17.80E, 48-51.58N 141-20.40E,…2023-10-07
- Cable operations in progress until further notice along trackline joining 49-03.8N 140-18.7E, 49-03.7N…2018-09-28
- Cable operations in progress until 30 aug along trackline joining 49-03-47N 140-18-42E, 49-03-45N…2018-08-04
- Cable operations 01 jun thru 10 jul in vicinity of trackline joining 49-03-47N 140-18-42E, 49-03-45N…2018-05-28
- Cable operations 11 thru 23 may by M/V kddi ocean link in area bound by 48-13.0N 141-14.0E, 48-23.0N…2017-05-08
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
23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 22:33Z; 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.