Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 02-43.30S 032-57.30W
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1180/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-29 19:22Z
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) · MRCC NATAL 0/23 261901Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-26 19:51Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -2.722, -32.955. 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 Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-05-26 19:51Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-05-29 19:22Z
- authority
- MRCC NATAL 0/23 261901Z MAY 23.
- issued by
- MRCC NATAL
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -2.722, -32.955
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. BRAZIL. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 02-43.30S 032-57.30W. REPORTS TO MRCC NATAL, MRCCNATAL@MARINHA.MIL.BR 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291922Z MAY 23.
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.
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
8 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Derelict vessel maria bonita adrift in 03-49.59S 032-24.12W2021-05-29
- Derelict eight meter vessel maremoto, white and orange hull, adrift in vicinity 03-49.88S 032-24.25W at…2020-02-27
- Vessel monte sinai disabled and adrift in vicinity 03-52S 033-49W2017-05-17
- Derelict S/V sylnael adrift in 00-42.02S 030-59.07W at 191600Z sep2013-09-19
- Derelict vessel l'insolent adrift vicinity 04-31.55S 032-27.61W at 252350Z oct2012-10-26
- Arquipelago de fernando de noronha2011-12-10
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:54Z; source collection times vary.
Derelicts
Abandoned, disabled or drifting vessels. All current derelict & adrift vessels →
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.