Two derelict barges adrift in 07-04.29N 104-11.43E on 30 jun
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1976/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-07-04 16:28Z
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 011558Z JUL 16.. Issued 2016-07-01 16:28Z. 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 7.072, 104.191. 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
- 2016-07-01 16:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-07-04 16:28Z
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 011558Z JUL 16.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 7.072, 104.191
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 03, DNC 11. 1. TWO DERELICT BARGES ADRIFT IN 07-04.29N 104-11.43E ON 30 JUN. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, PHONE: 844 3768 3050, FAX: 844 3768 3048, E-MAIL: RESCUEVIETNAM@YAHOO.COM. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 041628Z JUL 16.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
15 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 F/V bt 94781 ts semi-submerged and adrift in vicinity 08-32.83N 105-25.66E at 031024Z dec2023-12-03
- Derelict F/V emj-tujuh round aground in 06-08-04N 104-03-42E2021-08-16
- Derelict raft adrift in vicinity 07-44.7N 106-34.8E at 200505Z feb2018-02-20
- Derelict 100 meter vessel adrift in 05-42.1N 103-37.5E at 211830Z dec2017-12-22
- F/V sg 7250 ts and F/V sg 7682 ts disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-18N 104-04E on 19 dec2017-12-19
- F/V BTH85078 disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 07-55N 105-45E at 210800Z nov2011-11-21
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-26 00:23Z; 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.