Underwater cable operations 291600Z nov until further notice by M/V fresnel in vicinity of a line joining…
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 907/98
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-01-05 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 1998-11-25 09:10Z. 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
- South 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 1998-11-25 09:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- -1.944, 105.914
- vessel
- M/V FRESNEL · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
UNDERWATER CABLE OPERATIONS 291600Z NOV UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BY M/V FRESNEL IN VICINITY OF A LINE JOINING 01-01.3N 103-32.7E, 00-43.9N 103-35.8E, 00-25.5N 104-07.9E, 00-29.9N 104-40.2E, 02-35.0S 106-55.4E, 05-37.4S 106-55.8E, 05-43.8S 106-49.3E.
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.
- Until further notice
- The operation or danger has no scheduled end; the warning stays in force until a later message cancels it.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
10 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining…2024-07-03
- Cable operations 27 feb thru 09 mar by cableship teneo in 00-32.57N 104-23.42E2024-02-27
- Cable operations by M/V teneo 081500Z to 140001Z nov in vicinity 04-00.4S 107-26.4E2021-11-09
- Cable operations by M/V teneo 041500Z to 080001Z nov in vicinity 04-06.4S 107-47.0E2021-11-03
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining…2018-09-23
- Cable operations 21 apr thru 26 jul by cableship ile de re in vicinity of trackline joining 09-49S 105-24E,…2018-04-20
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
24 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:26Z; 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.