39 foot vessel M/V disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 40-25.80S 173-37.67E
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1394/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-13 08:16Z
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) · MNZ 39/16 122247Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-12 23:13Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -40.430, 173.628. 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
- 39 foot M/V cochise requesting assistance in 40-26.47S 173-27.93Ecancelled by this notice
- 39 foot M/V cochise disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 40-40.37S 173-39.28E at 130516Z maylater cancellation 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 1394/16 · this notice2016-05-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1400/162016-05-13 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2016-05-12 23:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 39/16 122247Z MAY 16.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -40.430, 173.628
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TASMAN BAY. NEW ZEALAND. DNC 06. 1. 39 FOOT VESSEL M/V DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE TROUBLE IN 40-25.80S 173-37.67E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO TAUPO MARITIME RADIO OR MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1392/16.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
29 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.
- Derelict eight meter S/V adrift in vicinity 38-08.93S 173-30.33E at 242300Z nov2023-11-24
- Derelict six meter vessel adrift in vicinity 38-08.80S 174-33.27E2022-12-30
- Derelict 5.6 meter vessel, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 39-47.10S 174-29.00E at…2022-05-05
- Derelict 5.6 meter vessel, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 38-47.10S 174-29.00E at…2022-05-04
- Derelict dredge raft adrift in vicinity 39-58.34S 173-17.88E on 06 jan2021-01-06
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 39-58.34S 173-17.88E at 060925Z jan2021-01-06
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 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.