Derelicts

Derelict cableship navios magellan adrift vicinity 30-57.2S 012-35E at 022203Z dec

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2347/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-12-05 22:30Z

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) · NAVAREA VII 219/09 022203Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-02 22:40Z. 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 -30.953, 12.583. 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: 2009-12-02 22:40Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2009-12-05 22:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VII 219/09 022203Z DEC 09.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -30.953, 12.583
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT CABLESHIP NAVIOS MAGELLAN ADRIFT
   VICINITY 30-57.2S 012-35E AT 022203Z DEC.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 052230Z DEC.

Reading this warning

Derelict: An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
Cable operations: A ship is laying, burying or repairing a submarine cable, usually along a stated route.
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.
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

12 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 vessel k iron mountain adrift in vicinity 32-58.66S 014-30.93E2022-03-18
M/V cosco shipping grace disabled and adrift in 29-38.33S 010-15.50E2022-01-30
M/V ocean prince disabled and adrift in 29-29.31S 012-51.05E2022-01-30
Derelict M/V aquarius adrift in 30-34.8S 013-54.8E2021-02-15
Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 32-46.6S 013-03.3E on 13 jul2018-07-13
Derelict lifeboat adrift in 31-12S 015-11E on 25 jun 182018-06-25

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 04:39Z; 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.