Derelicts

Derelict barge adrift in vicinity 02-35N 008-08E at 071806Z aug

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 2538/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-08-10 18:40Z

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 II 323/18 071830Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-07 18:40Z. 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
Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 2.583, 8.133. 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 Gulf of Guinea →

issued
2018-08-07 18:40Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2018-08-10 18:40Z
authority
NAVAREA II 323/18 071830Z AUG 18.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
2.583, 8.133
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
EQUATORIAL GUINEA.
DNC 01.
1. DERELICT BARGE ADRIFT IN VICINITY 02-35N 008-08E
   AT 071806Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101840Z AUG 18.

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.
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.
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 2009 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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10
15
18

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

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A
M
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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 18:30Z; 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.