39 foot M/V cochise disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 40-40.37S 173-39.28E at 130516Z may
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 1400/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-05-15 09:35Z
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 40/16 130600Z MAY 16.. Issued 2016-05-13 08:16Z. 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 -40.673, 173.655. 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 vessel M/V disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 40-25.80S 173-37.67Ecancelled 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 1394/162016-05-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1400/16 · this notice2016-05-13 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2016-05-13 08:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 40/16 130600Z MAY 16.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -40.673, 173.655
- vessel
- M/V COCHISE · 3 messages
- 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 M/V COCHISE DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE TROUBLE IN 40-40.37S 173-39.28E AT 130516Z MAY. 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 1394/16.
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.
- 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.
- 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
30 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 05:34Z; 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.