Lifeboat and numberous logs adrift at 160224Z jan vicinity: a. 23-32.7N 122-58.2E
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 135/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-01-19 09:40Z
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 25/16 160706Z JAN 16 - AUSCOAST 6/16 CX 160215Z JAN 16.. Issued 2016-01-16 09:40Z. 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 23.475, 123.012. 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
- Australia-northeast coast DNC 04cancelled by this notice
- Numerous logs adrift vicinity of trackline between 23-25.7N 122-58.4E and 23-26.4N 122-59.0E at 150908Z jancancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 118/162016-01-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 135/16 · this notice2016-01-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2016-01-16 09:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-01-19 09:40Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 25/16 160706Z JAN 16 - AUSCOAST 6/16 CX 160215Z JAN 16.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 23.475, 123.012
- 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 23. 1. LIFEBOAT AND NUMBEROUS LOGS ADRIFT AT 160224Z JAN VICINITY: A. 23-32.7N 122-58.2E. B. 23-22.1N 123-05.1E. C. 23-23.7N 123-01.9E. D. 23-35.6N 122-57.6E. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 79/16(74), BUOY REMOVED. 3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 130/16. 4. CANCEL THIS MSG 190940Z JAN 16.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- 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
23 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.
- M/V kantan oskar disabled and adrift in vicinity 21-09.6N 122-42.4E at 241832Z dec2018-12-24
- Derelict 100 meter M/V fu long adrift vicinity 23-22.5N 122-58.2E at 141806Z jan2016-01-14
- Derelict 67 meter barge adrift in 21-03.0N 122-20.6E at 190032Z dec2015-12-19
- Derelict 67 meter barge adrift vicinity 21-22.8N 122-45.4E at 180934Z dec2015-12-18
- Derelict 67 meter barge adrift vicinity 21-47.7N 123-12.9E at 171532Z dec2015-12-17
- Derelict 67 meter barge adrift vicinity 22-02.6N 123-32.9E at 170632Z dec2015-12-17
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
- 74 km s of yonakuni, japanQuakes · 20.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:06Z; 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.