Derelict M/V diamond highway adrift in 12-38N 117-10E at 151800Z jun
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1956/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-06-18 21:38Z
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 335/19 152122Z JUN 19.. Issued 2019-06-15 21:38Z. 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 12.633, 117.167. 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
- 2019-06-15 21:38Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-06-18 21:38Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 335/19 152122Z JUN 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 12.633, 117.167
- vessel
- M/V DIAMOND HIGHWAY
- 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. 1. DERELICT M/V DIAMOND HIGHWAY ADRIFT IN 12-38N 117-10E AT 151800Z JUN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182138Z JUN 19.
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
9 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.
- 190 foot M/V panoria disabled and adrift in 13-42.5N 114-52.9E2018-07-16
- Derelict 50 meter vessel teras lyza partially submerged and adrift in 13-31.75N 117-18.46E2018-06-14
- Derelict 50 meter M/V teras lyza partially submerged and adrift in 13-02.69N 115-38.85E2018-06-07
- Derelict 3233 ton barge bahari X adrift in 15-01.73N 116-36.93E at 280523Z jan2009-01-29
- Derelict barge, black hull, adrift in 15-19.3N 117-08.9E at 170500Z may2006-05-17
- Derelict 60 foot F/V white hull, adrift vicinity 14-56.5N 117-35.1E at 061200Z dec2005-12-07
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
- Submarine pipeline works by M/V fortitudeCable ops · 119.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:06Z; 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.