Debris

Ten meter long log adrift vicinity 40-17.9N 005-42.5E at 270756Z may

Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 1271/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-05-30 19:30Z

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 III 328/16 271706Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-27 19:30Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 40.298, 5.708. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →

issued: 2016-05-27 19:30Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2016-05-30 19:30Z
authority: NAVAREA III 328/16 271706Z MAY 16.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
position: 40.298, 5.708
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
DNC 08.
1. TEN METER LONG LOG ADRIFT VICINITY
   40-17.9N 005-42.5E AT 270756Z MAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301930Z 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.
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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

9 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

Buoy adrift in 37-20.82N 006-15.39E2023-08-22
Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 39-53.70N 007-33.40E2023-07-31
Object adrift in vicinity 40-37.11N 006-11.00E at 031440Z aug2017-08-03
2.6 mile long fishing net adrift vicinity 39-01.1N 007-59.5E at 181850Z may2004-05-18
Buoy adrift vicinity 40-26.1N 008-04.7E2003-05-27
20 meter long wood object adrift in 39-08.2N 008-09.5E2003-01-06

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

Cable operations by MV maasvliet (IMO-9996915) days 281200 UTC sep 26 until further notice in the segments:…Cable ops · 103.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 07:27Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.