Underwater cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship fresnel in 00-38.2N 103-46.2E
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 79/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-01-30 00:00Z
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). Issued 1999-01-28 03:11Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 0.637, 103.770. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Underwater cable operations 25 jan until further notice by cableship fresnel in 00-25N 104-45Ecancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 79/99 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 1999-01-28 03:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 0.637, 103.770
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY CABLESHIP FRESNEL IN 00-38.2N 103-46.2E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 70/99.
Reading this warning
- Cable operations
- A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
127 within 180 nm since 1999 · 10 in the last 12 months · 2 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 further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14E2026-09-25
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further notice2026-09-25
- Cable operations 23 sep until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14E2026-09-22
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further notice2026-09-22
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber along trackline joining 02-04.23N…2026-09-17
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, until further notice2026-09-17
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
- Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 34.2 nm
- Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 34.2 nm
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 44.4 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 44.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:57Z; 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.