Cable operations 042200Z apr to 041200Z may by cableship rene descartes vicinity of trackline joining…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 975/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-19 12:15Z
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 214/16 022326Z APR 16.. Issued 2016-04-02 23:26Z. 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 975/16 and this msg, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
Activity windows · 1 in this warning
| opens (UTC) | closes (UTC) | local | length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-04-04 22:00Z | 2016-05-04 12:00Z | — | 710 h |
Parsed from the warning text; outside these windows the area is normally not active, but the warning stays in force until cancelled.
- issued
- 2016-04-02 23:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-05-04 13:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 214/16 022326Z APR 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 25.352, 121.805
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EAST CHINA SEA. TAIWAN-NORTH COAST. DNC 23. 1. CABLE OPERATIONS 042200Z APR TO 041200Z MAY BY CABLESHIP RENE DESCARTES VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 25-11.9N 121-24.6E, 25-13.7N 121-24.0E, 25-20.0N 121-25.8E, 25-27.4N 121-25.8E, 25-29.6N 121-32.0E, 25-14.1N 122-15.1E, 25-13.8N 122-23.3E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 041300Z MAY 16.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work
174 within 180 nm since 1999 · 2 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…2026-07-21
- Submarine cable laying works by c/s ile de re until further notice2026-07-21
- 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
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 · 111 nm
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.