Cable ops · Submerged facilities

Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitude

South China Sea · NAVAREA XI 426/26

What this record establishes

Listed in force

The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.

Source and dates
Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · Japan Coast Guard (JHOD). Issued 2026-09-24 00:00Z. First collected 2026-09-24 00:36Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 00:36Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 11.603, 118.916. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea

issued
2026-09-24 00:00Z
status
Listed in force
self-cancels
2026-10-09 16:00Z
authority
Japan Coast Guard (JHOD)
sea
South China Sea
position
11.603, 118.916
source
Japan Coast Guard JHOD NAVAREA XI · first seen 2026-09-24 00:36Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA. NORTHERN PART.
SUBMARINE PIPELINE WORKS BY
M/V FORTITUDE. UNTIL 08 OCT 2026.
IN VICINITY OF
A.11-38.23N 118-56.36E.
B.11-34.10N 118-53.54E.
CANCEL THIS MSG 091600Z OCT.

Conditions at the position · now

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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation

Collected reports in this area · cable & pipeline work

35 within 180 nm since 2002 · 1 in the last 12 months · 3 listed in force now

02
05
10
15
20
25
26

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

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
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

Worldwide in the collected sources

26 cable & pipeline work listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 02:22Z; 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.