Derelict ten meter F/V koyo maru adrift vicinity 23-49N 142-13E at 250058Z mar
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1023/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-28 04:13Z
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 XI 206/15 250242Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-25 04:10Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 23.817, 142.217. 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 North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-03-25 04:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-03-28 04:13Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 206/15 250242Z MAR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 23.817, 142.217
- vessel
- F/V KOYO MARU · 4 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 12. 1. DERELICT TEN METER F/V KOYO MARU ADRIFT VICINITY 23-49N 142-13E AT 250058Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 280413Z MAR 15.
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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
15 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.
- Two derelict lifeboats adrift in vicinity 24-33.2N 143-28.5E at 210134Z dec2019-12-21
- Derelict M/V sea mark on fire and adrift in 24-39.5N 144-01.8E at 191900Z dec2019-12-19
- Two derelict lifeboats adrift in the vicinity of 24-43N 144-37E at 181300Z dec2019-12-18
- Derelict M/V sea mark on fire and adrift in vicinity 24-40.1N 144-34.7E at 181352Z dec2019-12-18
- Derelict F/V, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 23-25N 141-21E at 080355Z dec2018-12-08
- 31 meter F/V otori maru nr 28 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 23-34.8N 139-52.1E at 172324Z apr2017-04-18
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
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 24-17.2N 141-28.8E at 140350Z junVolcanic · 49.3 nm
- Volcanic activity reported at io-to in vicinty of 24-45.00N 141-17.3EVolcanic · 75.6 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 24-48.8N 141-19.2E at 130800Z julVolcanic · 77.4 nm
- Discoloured water observed in vicinity of 25-27.1N 141-14.5E at 140425Z junVolcanic · 111.7 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:06Z; 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.