Derelict vessel trekker II adrift in 29-46.1S 009-48.6E
South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 39/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-01-07 15:55Z
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 VII 5/17 041549Z JAN 17.. Issued 2017-01-04 15:55Z. 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
- South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -29.768, 9.810. 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
- Derelict vessel trekker II adrift in 30-04.7S 010-09.2Ecancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 34/172017-01-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 39/17 · this notice2017-01-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2017-01-04 15:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-01-07 15:55Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VII 5/17 041549Z JAN 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Atlantic Ocean
- position
- -29.768, 9.810
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC. DNC 01. 1. DERELICT VESSEL TREKKER II ADRIFT IN 29-46.1S 009-48.6E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 34/17. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 071555Z JAN 17.
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.
- 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.
- 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
6 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.
- M/V cosco shipping grace disabled and adrift in 29-38.33S 010-15.50E2022-01-30
- M/V ocean prince disabled and adrift in 29-29.31S 012-51.05E2022-01-30
- Timber adrift from M/V interlink dignity along trackline between 27-30.8S 010-15.2E and 28-11.1S 010-23.8E2017-06-13
- Derelict vessel trekker II adrift in 30-04.7S 010-09.2E2017-01-03
- Derelict cableship navios magellan adrift vicinity 30-57.2S 012-35E at 022203Z dec2009-12-02
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 04:38Z; 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.