Derelict 12 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 29-09.9N 140-23.5E at 240708Z mar
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 1026/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-03-27 08:55Z
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 XI 197/17 240842Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-24 09:02Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 29.165, 140.392. 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 Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2017-03-24 09:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-03-27 08:55Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 197/17 240842Z MAR 17.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 29.165, 140.392
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. PHILIPPINE SEA. DNC 12. 1. DERELICT 12 METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 29-09.9N 140-23.5E AT 240708Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 270855Z MAR 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.
- 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
13 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.
- Derelict 15 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 29-47.5N 140-20.7E at 300856Z apr2017-04-30
- 17 meter F/V disabled and adrift in 28-30N 140-43E at 070205Z mar2015-03-07
- Derelict 229 meter vessel adrift vicinity 27-17.5N 138-00.4E at 191555Z apr2014-04-19
- Derelict 8.6 meter vessel, white hull, adrift vicinity 29-34.7N 138-19.6E at 230100Z dec2013-12-23
- Derelict F/V, white hull partially submerged and adrift in 28-54.9N 137-01.3E at 160758Z jul2012-07-16
- Derelict 400 ton F/V chung yong adrift in 28-02.4N 143-05.5E at 210700Z jun2012-06-21
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 07:21Z; 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.