Two derelict 18 meter vessels adrift in 34-57.9N 154-47.4E at 261725Z jan
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 148/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-02-05 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) · NAVAREA XI 61/01 291900Z JAN 01. Issued 2001-01-29 21:06Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 34.965, 154.790. 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 North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-01-29 21:06Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 61/01 291900Z JAN 01
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 34.965, 154.790
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TWO DERELICT 18 METER VESSELS ADRIFT IN 34-57.9N 154-47.4E AT 261725Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 FEB.
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.
- 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
14 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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 20 meter vessel adrift in 34-53N 151-21E at 061359Z nov2017-11-06
- Derelict ten meter vessel jonetsu adrift in 34-13.9N 157-20.7E at 170500Z jul2013-07-17
- Derelict 13 meter S/V vessel aeolas adrift in 32-58.9N 152-51.7E at 202240Z jun2013-06-21
- Derelict seven meter vessel gulliver adrift in 35-23.9N 151-46.0E at 080829Z jun2012-06-08
- Derelict M/V ventura, white hull, adrift vicinity 34-42N 152-37E at 222050Z jun2011-06-23
- Derelict 16.5 meter F/V fumi maru adrift vicinity 37-08N 153-29E at 121905Z jun2011-06-14
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 04:37Z; 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.