Vessel aztulip disabled and adrift in 18-17.8N 112-01.4E at 302046Z nov
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2358/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-12-06 09:54Z
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) · HKMRCC 302123Z NOV 08.. Issued 2008-12-01 04:44Z. 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 18.297, 112.023. 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
- 2008-12-01 04:44Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HKMRCC 302123Z NOV 08.
- issued by
- HKMRCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.297, 112.023
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
VESSEL AZTULIP DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 18-17.8N 112-01.4E AT 302046Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC HONG KONG, TELEX: 80282952, PHONE: 8 522 233 7999, FAX: 8 522 541 7714.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 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.
- F/V qng 95070 ts, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-46.18N 113-22.85E at 091158Z apr2023-04-10
- Derelict M/V hyun jin, 65 meters long adrift in vicinity of 18-53.6N 115-02.1E at 240920Z nov2020-11-24
- Derelict 20 meter F/V you sheng 1, adrift in vicinity 19-19.3N 113-00.8E2019-03-14
- Derelict life boat, orange hull, adrift in vicinity 18-00.2N 110-27.9E at 230255Z jan2019-01-23
- M/V sinar kapuas disabled and adrift in 19-49-12N 111-37-43E at 210643Z aug2018-08-21
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 20-45.8N 112-05.4E at 110830Z oct2017-10-11
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 09:29Z; 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.