Timber adrift in vicinity 45-59.56N 008-10.20W 2. cancel this msg 291511Z dec 21
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3164/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-12-29 15:11Z
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 473/21 261501Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-26 15:11Z. 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
- North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 45.993, -8.170. 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
- 2021-12-26 15:11Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-12-29 15:11Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 473/21 261501Z DEC 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 45.993, -8.170
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. SPAIN. DNC 08. 1. TIMBER ADRIFT IN VICINITY 45-59.56N 008-10.20W 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291511Z DEC 21.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
53 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Submerged fishing net adrift in 48-09.04N 005-29.24W2024-04-29
- Cargo object (airport bridge) adrift in vicinity 48-19.60N 006-03.60W2023-11-10
- Five meter white cubic object adrift in 47-01.58N 004-05.55W2023-10-09
- Six, five meter logs adrift in vicinity 47-44.00N 006-22.00W at 170542Z aug2023-08-17
- Fishing gear adrift in vicinity 48-32.87N 005-58.31W2022-11-03
- Odas buoy adrift in vicinity 43-55.00N 005-17.00W at 010500Z sep2022-09-01
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 07:47Z; 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.