Two derelict barges adrift in 04-59.5N 106-15.5E
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2426/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-12-27 09:52Z
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 261229Z DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-26 14:21Z. 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 4.992, 106.258. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Gunnery exercises 2300Z to 0900Z commencing daily 31 dec thru 30 jan 10 in area bound by 27-55-15N…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2219/092009-11-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2426/09 · this notice2009-12-26 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2009-12-26 14:21Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2009-12-29 14:30Z
- authority
- SPOCC 261229Z DEC 09.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 4.992, 106.258
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TWO DERELICT BARGES ADRIFT IN 04-59.5N 106-15.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291430Z 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.
- 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
40 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.
- Derelict F/V emj-tujuh round aground in 06-08-04N 104-03-42E2021-08-16
- Derelict vessel mysthic adrift on fire in 03-04N 105-02E at 240400Z mar2019-03-24
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 05-45.23N 106-59.95E2018-09-05
- Derelict 53 foot M/V adrift in 02-45N 108-00E at 231200Z may2018-05-23
- S/V fukumaru disabled due to engine failure in 02-50.96N 108-05.49E2018-05-23
- Derelict raft adrift in vicinity 07-44.7N 106-34.8E at 200505Z feb2018-02-20
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 2026-10-01 23:01Z; 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.