M/V harlington disabled and adrift due to rudder failure vicinity 12-13S 149-25W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2682/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-07 23:45Z
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) · MRCC PAPEETE 042309Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-04 23:54Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -12.217, -149.417. 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
- M/V harlington disabled and adrift due to rudder problems in 10-22S 147-50Wcancelled by this notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 2567/102010-11-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2682/10 · this notice2010-12-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2010-12-04 23:54Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2010-12-07 23:45Z
- authority
- MRCC PAPEETE 042309Z DEC 10.
- issued by
- MRCC PAPEETE
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -12.217, -149.417
- vessel
- M/V HARLINGTON · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. 1. M/V HARLINGTON DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO RUDDER FAILURE VICINITY 12-13S 149-25W. WIDE BERTH REQUESTED. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2567/10. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 072345Z DEC.
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.
- Wide berth requested
- Keep well clear — or, when a distance is given ("TWO MILE BERTH REQUESTED"), at least that far away.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
- 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
6 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.
- M/V samoana disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-02.53S 151-46.53W at 301650Z mar2019-03-30
- Derelict six meter F/V, pink hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 14-59S 148-52W at 012154Z dec2015-12-02
- M/V harlington disabled and adrift due to rudder problems in 10-22S 147-50W2010-11-25
- M/V martha disabled and adrift vicinity 14-00S 150-00W2009-03-11
- M/V dong won 212, disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 12-16S 148-12W2007-03-16
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 15:06Z; 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.