Derelict 85 meter barge adrift in 16-51N 116-28E at 042315Z jul
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1072/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-10 09:20Z
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 397/01 POR EGC #2202 090208Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-09 02:23Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 16.850, 116.467. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2001-07-09 02:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 397/01 POR EGC #2202 090208Z JUL 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 16.850, 116.467
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 85 METER BARGE ADRIFT IN 16-51N 116-28E AT 042315Z JUL. REPORTS TO MRCC HONG KONG, TELEX: 82953, PHONE: 852 2545 4645, FAX: 852 5241 7714. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 16 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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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
31 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.
- Derelict M/V hyun jin, 65 meters long adrift in vicinity of 18-53.6N 115-02.1E at 240920Z nov2020-11-24
- Derelict vessel adrift in 18-35N 116-56E on 08 aug2018-08-09
- Derelict S/V carlotta adrift in 17-21.88N 115-59.36E at 020950Z apr2017-04-02
- F/V KH99216TS disabled and adrift in 17-18N 117-15E at 060001Z jan2016-01-12
- Derelict lifeboat fortune life, orange hull, adrift in 16-16.0N 117-44.1E at 011015Z dec2015-12-01
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 18-54.1N 117-02.9E at 170651Z sep2015-09-17
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 07:54Z; 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.