Seven meter long object adrift vicinity 41-48.4N 007-48.4E
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2237/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-08-20 00:00Z
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) · MARISARDEGNA 125/01 130855Z AUG 01. Issued 2001-08-13 14:31Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 41.807, 7.807. 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
- 2001-08-13 14:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISARDEGNA 125/01 130855Z AUG 01
- issued by
- MARISARDEGNA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 41.807, 7.807
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. SEVEN METER LONG OBJECT ADRIFT VICINITY 41-48.4N 007-48.4E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 20 AUG.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
16 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.
- 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
- Ten meter long log adrift vicinity 40-17.9N 005-42.5E at 270756Z may2016-05-27
- 500 meter long fishing net with red floats adrift in 39-42.5N 010-22.9E at 152014Z jun2005-06-15
- 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
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:26Z; 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.