Derelicts

M/V zoulfecar disabled and adrift due to engine failure, unreported moroni (11-41S 043-15E) to fomboni…

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1913/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-06-16 16:39Z

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 VII 311815Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-31 19:30Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -11.989, 43.500. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2017-05-31 19:30Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 311815Z MAY 17.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -11.989, 43.500
vessel: M/V ZOULFECAR
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS.
DNC 02.
M/V ZOULFECAR DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO ENGINE
FAILURE, UNREPORTED MORONI (11-41S 043-15E)
TO FOMBONI (12-17S 043-45E). LAST KNOWN POSITION
IN VICINITY 12-00S 043-30E. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF
POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, MRCC CAPE TOWN
OR CAPE TOWN RADIO.

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.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

29 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.

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 21:57Z; 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.