Debris

Object adrift in vicinity 44-14.22N 029-03.30E

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1630/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-07-22 20:30Z

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) · ROMANIA 92/23 192001Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-19 20:31Z. 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
Black Sea. The parsed report position is 44.237, 29.055. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Black Sea →

issued
2023-07-19 20:31Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-07-22 20:30Z
authority
ROMANIA 92/23 192001Z JUL 23.
issued by
ROMANIA
sea
Black Sea
position
44.237, 29.055
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
ROMANIA.
DNC 10.
1. OBJECT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 44-14.22N 029-03.30E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 222030Z JUL 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.
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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

13 within 180 nm since 2023 · 11 in the last 12 months · 1 listed in force now

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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

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M
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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

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:10Z; 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.