15 meter long green drums adrift at 242017Z aug in: a. 34-49N 014-05E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 1403/04
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2004-08-27 08:44Z
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 456/04 242032Z AUG 04.. Issued 2004-08-24 20:55Z. 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 - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.850, 14.175. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1391/04, operations completedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2004-08-24 20:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 456/04 242032Z AUG 04.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.850, 14.175
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. 15 METER LONG GREEN DRUMS ADRIFT AT 242017Z AUG IN: A. 34-49N 014-05E. B. 34-53N 014-16E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 AUG.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- 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 · other warnings
108 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Collision between 2 vessels in 36-27.00N 015-15.00E at 220930Z apr2024-04-22
- Three persons overboard in vicinity 35-22.76N 011-56.50E at 281730Z mar2024-03-29
- Vessel requesting assistance in 34-50.00N 011-36.00E2024-02-12
- Two persons overboard from unknown vessel in vicinity 35-14.00N 012-13.00E at 011137Z feb2024-02-02
- Vessel requesting assistance in 36-27.00N 016-05.00E at 270630Z jul2023-07-27
- Vessel requesting assistance in 35-35.00N 011-36.00E2023-06-20
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:13Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.