180 meter long M/V aegean leader, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 34-13.3N 163-46.7E at 290700Z…
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1073/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-31 05:14Z
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 224/15 290826Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-29 08:38Z. 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 34.222, 163.778. 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
- 180 meter long M/V aegean leader, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 34-16.3N 164-34.2E at 310300Z…later cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 1073/15 · this notice2015-03-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1099/152015-03-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1114/152015-04-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2015-03-29 08:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 224/15 290826Z MAR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 34.222, 163.778
- vessel
- M/V AEGEAN LEADER · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 12. 180 METER LONG M/V AEGEAN LEADER, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 34-13.3N 163-46.7E AT 290700Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
10 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.
- 180 meter long M/V aegean leader, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 34-15.6N 165-20.4E at 010300Z…2015-04-01
- 180 meter long M/V aegean leader, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 34-16.3N 164-34.2E at 310300Z…2015-03-31
- 24 meter F/V hoyo maru nr 18 disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 32-41N 165-56E at 290300Z nov2012-11-29
- 24 meter F/V hoyo maru nr 18 disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 33-04N 165-50E at 272300Z nov2012-11-28
- 24 meter F/V hoyo maru nr 18 disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 33-16N 165-49E at 261900Z nov2012-11-26
- 24 meter F/V hoyo maru nr 18 disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 33-29N 165-55E at 252340Z nov2012-11-26
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
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.