Derelicts

Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 14-19S 172-57W

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1159/03

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2003-07-05 05:50Z

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) · MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 77/03 POR EGC#624 041815Z JUL 03. Issued 2003-07-04 18:50Z. 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 -14.317, -172.950. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2003-07-04 18:50Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 77/03 POR EGC#624 041815Z JUL 03
issued by
MNZ
sea
South Pacific Ocean
position
-14.317, -172.950
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

VESSEL DAY STAR ADRIFT AND IN NEED OF ASSISTANCE
IN 14-19S 172-57W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
INMARSAT-C: 4512 00067, PHONE: 644 914 5663,
FAX: 644 914 5520 OR TAUPO MARITIME RADIO.

Reading this warning

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.
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.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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18

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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 06:07Z; 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.