Derelicts

70 meter vessel blue sky, red hull, disabled and adrift in 39-44N 018-24E at 301940Z dec

Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 3176/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2015-01-04 10:20Z

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) · MRCC ROME 302010Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-30 20:39Z. 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
Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 39.733, 18.400. 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 Ionian Sea →

issued
2014-12-30 20:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 302010Z DEC 14.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Ionian Sea
position
39.733, 18.400
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

IONIAN SEA.
ITALY.
DNC 09.
70 METER VESSEL BLUE SKY, RED HULL, DISABLED AND ADRIFT
IN 39-44N 018-24E AT 301940Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
PHONE: 39 065 908 4527, 39 065 908 4409,
FAX: 3906 592 2737, 3906 5908 4793,
E-MAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.

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.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

38 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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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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 2026-09-24 22:58Z; 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.