Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 26-27.7N 051-42.7E at 230520Z jan
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 145/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-01-31 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) · MENAS 3/08 (CORRECTED) 23 JAN 08./. Issued 2008-01-24 13:06Z. 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 26.462, 51.712. 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
- Nga chart 62550 (3RD ed)cancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2008-01-24 13:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MENAS 3/08 (CORRECTED) 23 JAN 08./
- issued by
- MENAS
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.462, 51.712
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT VICINITY 26-27.7N 051-42.7E AT 230520Z JAN. REPORTS TO MENAS MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER, E-MAIL: INFO@MENAS.COM.BH. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 133/08. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 31 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.
- 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.
- 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
15 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 barge adrift in vicinity 26-34.70N 051-07.12E at 101120Z mar2021-03-11
- Derelict vessel, yellow hull, adrift in vicinity 25-19N 053-50E2019-03-28
- Derelict barge adrift vicinity 28-40N 050-03E2016-03-30
- Derelict barge adrift in 26-03.25N 054-45.46E2014-01-07
- Derelict lifeboat adrift in 25-24.23N 054-21.07E at 221000Z oct2013-10-23
- Derelict M/V stolt volar adrift in 026-56.7N 051-08.1E2012-03-21
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
- Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 15.9 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 16.6 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 17.6 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 17.6 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 20.3 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 20.8 nm
- Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 22.2 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 39.7 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 102.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 21:02Z; 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.