Debris

Gas cylinder adrift in 44-05-54N 009-31-55E

Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 227/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-02-06 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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 35/02 301215Z JAN 02. Issued 2002-01-30 16:25Z. 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: Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 44.098, 9.532. 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 Ligurian Sea →

issued: 2002-01-30 16:25Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 35/02 301215Z JAN 02
issued by: MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
sea: Ligurian Sea
position: 44.098, 9.532
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. GAS CYLINDER ADRIFT IN 44-05-54N 009-31-55E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 06 FEB.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

7 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.

Seven meter long object adrift vicinity 41-48.4N 007-48.4E2001-08-13
Odas buoy adrift vicinity 43-15.00N 008-14.57E at 200300Z jan2001-01-20
Odas buoy adrift vicinity 43-22.1N 008-24.8E at 190700Z jan2001-01-19
Odas buoy adrift vicinity 43-29.1N 008-36.6E at 180700Z jan2001-01-18
Odas buoy adrift vicinity 43-35.3N 008-44.2E at 171200Z jan2001-01-17
Black metallic buoy adrift in 44-05.5N 008-27.0E at 021822Z dec1999-12-03

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

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 08:11Z; 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.