Derelict 3233 ton barge bahari X adrift in 15-01.73N 116-36.93E at 280523Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 230/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-02-05 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) · SPOCC 291230Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-29 15:20Z. 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 15.029, 116.615. 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
- 2009-01-29 15:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 291230Z JAN 09.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 15.029, 116.615
- vessel
- BARGE BAHARI X · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 3233 TON BARGE BAHARI X ADRIFT IN 15-01.73N 116-36.93E AT 280523Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. REPORTS TO SPOCC, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPAMGOV.SG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 FEB.
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.
- 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.
- 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
22 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 M/V diamond highway adrift in 12-38N 117-10E at 151800Z jun2019-06-15
- 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 S/V carlotta adrift in 17-21.88N 115-59.36E at 020950Z apr2017-04-02
- F/V KH99216TS disabled and adrift in 17-18N 117-15E at 060001Z jan2016-01-12
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 06:07Z; 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.