Cable ops

Submarine cable operations 27 may thru 20 jun by M/V kdd ocean link in areas bound by: a. 30-52.1N…

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 997/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-06-13 12:41Z

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 234/08 23 MAY 08.. Issued 2008-05-23 11:06Z. 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 an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →

issued
2008-05-23 11:06Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA XI 234/08 23 MAY 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
30.866, 122.651
vessel
M/V KDD OCEAN LINK · 14 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. SUBMARINE CABLE OPERATIONS 27 MAY THRU 20 JUN
   BY M/V KDD OCEAN LINK IN AREAS BOUND BY:
   A. 30-52.1N 122-28.4E, 30-52.1N 122-32.4E,
      30-55.0N 122-41.3E, 30-55.0N 122-49.7E,
      30-51.8N 122-49.7E, 30-51.8N 122-41.3E,
      30-48.8N 122-33.3E, 30-48.8N 122-28.4E.
   B. 30-26.6N 123-35.4E, 30-16.2N 123-48.7E,
      30-13.8N 123-46.2E, 30-24.3N 123-32.7E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 JUN.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

106 within 180 nm since 1998 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

23 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 23:55Z; 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.