Derelict M/V binh dinh river adrift 04-25N 107-12.5E at 080945Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 151/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-01-26 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) · SPOCC 181212Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-19 01:59Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 4.417, 107.208. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2009-01-19 01:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 181212Z JAN 09.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 4.417, 107.208
- vessel
- M/V BINH DINH RIVER
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT M/V BINH DINH RIVER ADRIFT 04-25N 107-12.5E AT 080945Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 26 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.
- 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
35 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 vessel mysthic adrift on fire in 03-04N 105-02E at 240400Z mar2019-03-24
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 05-45.23N 106-59.95E2018-09-05
- Derelict 53 foot M/V adrift in 02-45N 108-00E at 231200Z may2018-05-23
- S/V fukumaru disabled due to engine failure in 02-50.96N 108-05.49E2018-05-23
- Vessel rainbow joy disabled and adrift in 02-15N 108-18E at 220344Z jul2014-07-22
- Derelict 20 meter vessel, white and yellow hull, partially submerged and adrift in 02-42.14N 105-09.27E at…2013-12-27
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 00:43Z; 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.