Derelicts

Derelict M/V belize on fire and adrift vicinity 15-24N 056-33E at 201800Z jan

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 128/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-01-27 00:00Z

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) · JRCC PIRAEUS IOR EGC 15038 202050Z JAN 02. Issued 2002-01-20 21:20Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 15.400, 56.550. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2002-01-20 21:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: JRCC PIRAEUS IOR EGC 15038 202050Z JAN 02
issued by: JRCC PIRAEUS IOR EGC
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 15.400, 56.550
vessel: M/V BELIZE · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT M/V BELIZE ON FIRE AND ADRIFT VICINITY
   15-24N 056-33E AT 201800Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 27 JAN.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

9 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

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Vessel fox disabled and adrift in 16-53.8N 054-03.6E2022-01-27
Vessel disabled and adrift in 16-54.05N 054-01.80E2018-05-27
Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 14-11N 054-39E at 101320Z aug2015-08-10
Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 16-21N 054-15E at 252055Z dec2008-12-26
Vessel iran abozar adrift in 16-55N 055-28E due to engine failure2008-06-05

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 02:30Z; 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.