Derelict 25 meter vessel, white hull with two green stripes, adrift in 22-28.87S 057-58.66E at 271512Z dec
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 2436/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-01-02 01:12Z
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) · LA REUNION 27/09 30 DEC 09.. Issued 2009-12-30 01:19Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -22.481, 57.978. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2009-12-30 01:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-01-02 01:12Z
- authority
- LA REUNION 27/09 30 DEC 09.
- issued by
- LA REUNION
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -22.481, 57.978
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 25 METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL WITH TWO GREEN STRIPES, ADRIFT IN 22-28.87S 057-58.66E AT 271512Z DEC. REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION, INMARSAT-C: 422799193, TELEX: 961916140. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020112Z JAN 10.
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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
- 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
23 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- Debris from M/V tresta star adrift in vicinity 21-17.23S 056-48.28E2022-02-22
- Debris from M/V tresta star adrift in vicinity 21-45.8S 055-28.6E2022-02-21
- Derelict seven meter F/V paille en queue I, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 21-26.18S 055-25.24E2020-04-21
- Derelict four meter vessel, white and red hull, adrift in vicinity 20-51.3S 055-44.8E2019-11-28
- Derelict 37 meter F/V jin yuan and kaohsiung, white and red hull, adrift in 19-54.60S 056-21.10E at 260700Z…2019-09-29
- Derelict 37 meter F/V jin yuan and kaohsiung, white and red hull, adrift in 19-54.60S 056-21.10E at 260700Z…2019-09-26
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:10Z; 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.