Derelict F/V kasuga maru on fire and adrift in 52-34.7S 064-41.0W at 020903Z aug
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1604/99
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 1999-08-06 09:15Z
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 VI 120/99. Issued 1999-08-03 05:40Z. 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 -52.578, -64.683. 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
- 1999-08-03 05:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA VI 120/99
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -52.578, -64.683
- vessel
- F/V KASUGA MARU · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DERELICT F/V KASUGA MARU ON FIRE AND ADRIFT IN 52-34.7S 064-41.0W AT 020903Z AUG.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
9 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.
- Derelict F/V CT7-0312 adrift vicinity 50-04S 062-13W2013-04-20
- Derelict ten meter S/V leda adrift in 54-09.8S 063-19.2W at 032100Z may2009-05-04
- Derelict M/V polar mist adrift vicinity 51-55.3S 067-24.5W at 171100Z jan2009-01-18
- Derelict M/V polar mist adrift vicinity 52-01S 067-34W2009-01-17
- Derelict S/V brilliance, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 55-13S 065-25W2008-03-16
- Derelict F/V puente america adrift in 49-47S 066-04W2004-06-17
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 13:03Z; 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.