In the western North Atlantic, a rowboat is adrift at 25-41N 072-55W and a transponder at 25-27N 072-56W; vessels should keep a sharp lookout and assist if possible.
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2483/23
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
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 broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · RCC MIAMI 0/23 311602Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-31 17:25Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 25.570, -72.931. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-10-31 17:25Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- RCC MIAMI 0/23 311602Z OCT 23.
- issued by
- RCC MIAMI
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 25.570, -72.931
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. DNC 16. ROWBOAT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 25-41.00N 072-55.00W. TRANSPONDER ADRFIT IN VICINITY 25-27.40N 072-56.70W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC MIAMI, PHONE: 305 415 6800, E-MAIL: JRCCMIAMI@USCG.MIL.
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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
10 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 eight meter vessel, red and white hull, adrift in vicinity 25-00.00N 072-00.00W2023-10-30
- Derelict vessel adrift in 24-33.7N 069-49.2W2017-10-18
- Debris from sunken M/V el faro adrift within ten miles of: a. 23-29N 074-01W2015-10-06
- M/V el faro disabled and flooding in 23-28N 073-48W2015-10-01
- Derelict 20 foot S/V, blue and white hull, adrift vicinity 27-13.394N 073-53.445W2014-04-07
- M/V disabled and adrift vicinity 23-42N 075-17W2012-08-24
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 02:04Z; 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.