Derelict M/V ZAHAR-3 adrift in 13-57.7N 042-49.4E
Red Sea · HYDROPAC 2201/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-12-21 00:00Z
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 IX 274/07 140836Z DEC 07.. Issued 2007-12-14 09:26Z. 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
- Red Sea. The parsed report position is 13.962, 42.823. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2007-12-14 09:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 274/07 140836Z DEC 07.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Red Sea
- position
- 13.962, 42.823
- vessel
- M/V ZAHAR-3
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT M/V ZAHAR-3 ADRIFT IN 13-57.7N 042-49.4E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 21 DEC.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- 30 foot derelict vessel adrift in 11-27.14N 043-30.49E at 120930Z mar2024-03-12
- Derelict M/V true confidence adrift in 11-54.20N 044-29.30E2024-03-07
- Derelict M/V rubymar, partially submerged and adrift in 13-21.19N 042-57.64E2024-03-04
- Derelict vessel adrift in 13-20.00N 042-57.00E2024-02-25
- Derelict vessel at anchor in 12-53.00N 043-09.00E2024-02-20
- Derelict M/V mercury adrift in 13-13.1N 042-51.2E2017-08-23
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 04:02Z; 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.