Tank adrift vicinity 34-08.5N 011-13.0E
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 517/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-03-14 00:00Z
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 III 189/03 071242Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 103/03 071400Z MAR 03. Issued 2003-03-07 16:00Z. 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
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 34.142, 11.217. 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 S/V hexagon adrift vicinity 45-30S 059-00Wcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2003-03-07 16:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA III 189/03 071242Z MAR 03; NAVAREA VI 103/03 071400Z MAR 03
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.142, 11.217
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TANK ADRIFT VICINITY 34-08.5N 011-13.0E. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 506/03(23). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
21 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Buoy adrift in vicinity 34-42.0N 011-38.4E2021-02-19
- Log adrift in vicinity 36-30.4N 011-20.7E2020-02-24
- Iron tank adrift in vicinity 33-48.5N 011-52.5E on 09 feb2020-02-10
- Buoy adrift in 34-37N 010-55E at 092359Z apr2019-04-12
- Buoy and fishing gear adrift in vicinity 35-18N 011-09E at 151842Z nov2018-11-16
- Libya DNC 082018-04-17
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 2026-09-26 08:44Z; 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.