Derelict vessel adrift in 31-10.00S 075-53.30W at 261240Z may
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1767/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-05-30 14:20Z
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 XV 101/23 271414Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-27 14:23Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -31.167, -75.888. 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 Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-05-27 14:23Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-05-30 14:20Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XV 101/23 271414Z MAY 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -31.167, -75.888
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 07. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 31-10.00S 075-53.30W AT 261240Z MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301420Z MAY 23.
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.
- 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
8 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 partially submerged and adrift in 30-10.6S 074-32.0W2018-07-26
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 31-47S 074-32W2018-07-17
- Derelict vessel skorpion II adrift in 33-17S 073-36W2016-07-04
- Derelict F/V cote saint jaques adrift in 33-30S 077-43W2008-12-22
- Derelict M/V pam kofuko maru adrift vicinity 31-25S 079-09W2003-07-12
- Derelict M/V pam kofuko maru on fire and adrift vicinity 31-25S 079-08W2003-07-10
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 2026-10-02 21:11Z; 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.