Barge adrift vicinity 25-21.4N 120-41.4E at 081340Z nov
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1637/00
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2000-11-09 12:50Z
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 684/00 POR EGC #600 081609Z NOV 00. Issued 2000-11-08 16:59Z. 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 25.357, 120.690. 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
- Barge adrift vicinity 25-05N 120-25E at 082300Z novlater 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 1637/00 · this notice2000-11-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1643/002000-11-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2000-11-08 16:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 684/00 POR EGC #600 081609Z NOV 00
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 25.357, 120.690
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. BARGE ADRIFT VICINITY 25-21.4N 120-41.4E AT 081340Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 NOV.
Reading this warning
- 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
16 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.
- Lifeboat and numberous logs adrift at 160224Z jan vicinity: a. 23-32.7N 122-58.2E2016-01-16
- Derelict 100 meter M/V fu long adrift vicinity 23-22.5N 122-58.2E at 141806Z jan2016-01-14
- Derelict barge franklin victory adrift vicinity 24-08.9N 119-14.8E2011-10-26
- Derelict 90 meter barge midlandia, black hull, adrift vicinity 25-49N 120-46E2010-06-07
- Derelict vessel patriot, blue hull, adrift in 24-29.4N 118-44.7E at 050035Z oct2009-10-05
- Derelict 3147 ton barge adrift in 25-16.5N 120-50.0E at 290720Z mar2009-04-01
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 05:12Z; 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.