Previously reported container vessel fire has been extinguished
Gulf of Mexico · HYDROLANT 2649/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-11-21 05:29Z
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) · RCC NEW ORLEANS 0/23 180455Z NOV 23.. Issued 2023-11-18 05:32Z. 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 Mexico. The parsed report position is 26.786, -95.118. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Engine fire on container vessel in 26-47.18N 095-07.06W at 172232Z novcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2023-11-18 05:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-11-21 05:29Z
- authority
- RCC NEW ORLEANS 0/23 180455Z NOV 23.
- issued by
- RCC NEW ORLEANS
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 26.786, -95.118
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. DNC 15. 1. PREVIOUSLY REPORTED CONTAINER VESSEL FIRE HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED. VESSEL DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 26-47.18N 095-07.06W AT 180430Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AND GIVE A WIDE BERTH. REPORTS TO RCC NEW ORLEANS, PHONE: 855 485 3727, E-MAIL: D8COMMANDCENTER@USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2648/23. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 210529Z NOV 23.
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.
- Lost containers
- Shipping containers lost overboard, reported floating or semi-submerged, often in groups after a single incident.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
30 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 F/V benja uno, white hull with blue stripe, adrift in 25-52.20N 092-54.70W at 301550Z dec2023-12-30
- Derelict vessel benja uno, white hull with blue stripe, partially submerged and adrift in 26-44.26N…2023-05-28
- Derelict vessel adrift in 28-14.10N 093-33.60W at 241530Z may2023-05-24
- M/V federal skye disabled and adrift in 28-22.79N 093-01.17W at 231638Z may2023-05-23
- M/V federal skye disabled and adrift in vicinity 28-15.00N 092-54.00W at 231638Z may2023-05-23
- Derelict S/V adrift in 28-36.27N 093-42.02W at 141507Z may2023-05-14
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 14:48Z; 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.