Derelicts

Derelict F/V adrift in 36-59N 016-39E at 301900Z mar

Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 766/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-04-02 21:00Z

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) · MRCC ROME 301908Z MAR 16.. Issued 2016-03-30 21:00Z. 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
Ionian Sea. The parsed report position is 36.983, 16.650. 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
2016-03-30 21:00Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2016-04-02 21:00Z
authority
MRCC ROME 301908Z MAR 16.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Ionian Sea
position
36.983, 16.650
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

IONIAN SEA.
DNC 09.
1. DERELICT F/V ADRIFT IN 36-59N 016-39E
   AT 301900Z MAR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 022100Z APR 16.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

60 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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 23:45Z; 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.