Debris

Object adrift in 26-19.9N 051-54.2E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 1365/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-04-21 15:43Z

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 IX 110/17 181502Z APR 17.. Issued 2017-04-18 15:43Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.332, 51.903. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued: 2017-04-18 15:43Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-04-21 15:43Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 110/17 181502Z APR 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.332, 51.903
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
QATAR.
DNC 10.
1. OBJECT ADRIFT IN 26-19.9N 051-54.2E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211543Z APR 17.

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

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

6 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

Object adrift in vicinity 25-15.23N 054-51.13E2023-03-13
Unlit mooring buoy adrift in vicinity 25-48.77N 052-40.90E at 201144Z mar2022-03-20
Object adrift vicinity 26-25.05N 050-51.00E2014-04-04
Buoy adrift vicinity 26-16N 052-37E2014-02-24
Five sections of 40 meter long crane adrift in 25-20.96N 052-50.20E2007-03-01

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

Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 10 nm
Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 11.5 nm
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 18.6 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 18.7 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 19.9 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 20.1 nm
Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 20.7 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 33 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 89.7 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 110 nm
RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 111.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:38Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.