Cable ops

Underwater cable operations 250001Z to 302359Z apr by cableship iris along trackline between 05-52.0S…

Java Sea · HYDROPAC 772/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-04-30 11:10Z

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 246/02 241205Z APR. Issued 2002-04-24 15:10Z. 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
Java 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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Current notices and reporting history in the Java Sea →

Activity windows · 1 in this warning

opens (UTC)closes (UTC)locallength
2002-04-25 00:01Z2002-04-30 23:59Z—143 h 58

Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.

issued
2002-04-24 15:10Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2002-05-01 00:59Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 246/02 241205Z APR
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Java Sea
position
-5.933, 105.994
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS 250001Z TO 302359Z APR
   BY CABLESHIP IRIS ALONG TRACKLINE BETWEEN
   05-52.0S 106-00.0E AND 05-59.9S 105-59.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010059Z MAY.

Reading this warning

Cable operations
A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
Date-time group (DTG)
A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
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

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

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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
J
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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

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:54Z; 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.