Derelict 24 meter barge adrift vicinity 18-00S 179-05E
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1023/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-03 05:40Z
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 XIV 124/01 020120Z JUL 01; GUAMSARCOORD 020456Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-02 05:50Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -18.000, 179.083. 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
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 12-46.9N 151-09.6E at 302057Z juncancelled by this notice
- Seismic survery in progress until 31 jul by M/V laurentian towing four 5000 meter long cables in area bound…later cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-07-02 05:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 124/01 020120Z JUL 01; GUAMSARCOORD 020456Z JUL 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -18.000, 179.083
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 24 METER BARGE ADRIFT VICINITY 18-00S 179-05E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1018/01(81), SIGNAL CEASED. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 JUL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf 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 · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Debris from wrecked vessel adrift in vicinity 18-07.04S 179-16.42E2022-12-29
- Debris from sunken vessel adrift in vicinity 18-07.04S 179-16.42E2022-12-02
- Derelict partially submerged vessel adrift in vicinity 18-40.1S 178-30.8E at 170358Z oct2018-10-17
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 16-55.9S 178-59.1E2017-07-18
- Derelict seven meter vessel white hull, adrift vicinity 17-58S 179-20E at 181200Z jun2015-06-18
- Derelict 25 meter F/V adrift vicinity 17-31.98S 176-49.14E at 290049Z mar2015-03-30
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
- North ovalau island light 17-33.81S 178-50.92E unlitNav aids · 29.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:34Z; 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.