Derelicts

The derelict motor vessel Emil drifts in the Black Sea off Romania at 44-31.68N 029-46.33E as of 30 September, and a two-mile berth is requested.

Black Sea · HYDROLANT 1939/26

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-09-30 15:00Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-30 10:35Z. First collected 2026-09-30 16:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-30 21:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Black Sea. The parsed report position is 44.528, 29.772. 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 Black Sea →

issued: 2026-09-30 10:35Z
status: Cancelled notice
self-cancels: 2026-10-03 10:35Z
sea: Black Sea
position: 44.528, 29.772
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-30 16:02Z

Original warning text

BLACK SEA.
ROMANIA.
1. DERELICT M/V EMIL ADRIFT IN 44-31.68N 029-46.33E
   AT 300630Z SEP.
   TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031035Z OCT 26.

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.
Wide berth requested: Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
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 · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2007 · 1 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.

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

Due to the presence of mines, all vessels approaching and departing romanian ports are encouraged to use the…Mines · 28.2 nm
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Object adrift in vicinity 43-55.10N 030-37.65E at 250923Z sepDebris · 51.9 nm
Underwater operations 05 jan 25 thru 31 dec 26 in area bound by 44-04.40N 030-34.13E, 44-02.40N 030-30.50E,…Surveys · 52.1 nm
Fog signal at constanta outer harbor light 44-08.61N 028-40.37E inoperativeNav aids · 52.6 nm
War risk area, in northwestern part of black sea to northern of line 45-12.2N 029-41.1E 45-11.5N 029-41.4E…War risk · 60.9 nm
The coordinator of coastal alerts of ukraine has declared the following coastal approach instructions for…War risk · 81 nm
Ukrainian coastal warning coordinator has declared the following coastal aproach instructions for entry or…Other · 81.9 nm
Mining operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 46-22.50N 030-45.10E, 46-20.20N…Mines · 85 nm
Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in area bound by 45-05N 033-33E, 45-59N 033-51E,…Exercises · 110.8 nm
Drilling operations by yavuz rig (imo 9503768, mmsi 271046765) supported by osman bey, aybuke, florya,…Surveys · 118.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 21:46Z; 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.