F/V py 96597 ts disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-40N 113-46E at 140530Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 190/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-01-15 05:29Z
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) · MRCC VIETNAM 150420Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-15 04:40Z. 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 8.667, 113.767. 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
- F/V py 96597 ts disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-53N 113-42E at 150415Z janlater 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 190/18 · this notice2018-01-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 191/182018-01-15 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-01-15 04:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 150420Z JAN 18.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 8.667, 113.767
- vessel
- F/V PY · 99 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 11. F/V PY 96597 TS DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE FAILURE IN 08-40N 113-46E AT 140530Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
24 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- F/V qng 95568 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-07N 111-04E2021-10-31
- F/V nt 90414 ts, disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 09-12N 110-49E at 100145Z apr2021-04-10
- F/V qna 95122 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 10-00N 114-21E at 031015Z mar2021-03-03
- Derelict F/V kh 91324 ts adrift in 08-32N 111-42E2021-01-11
- F/V kh 95758 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 09-22.15N 110-56.98E at 220802Z mar2020-03-22
- F/V bth 98804 ts disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-39N 114-26E2019-09-19
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 07:47Z; 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.