Object adrift in vicinity 25-27.00N 055-09.00E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2738/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-08-28 15:57Z
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) · NAVAREA IX 311/23 251510Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-25 15:58Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.450, 55.150. 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
- issued
- 2023-08-25 15:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-08-28 15:57Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 311/23 251510Z AUG 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.450, 55.150
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. U.A.E. DNC 10. 1. OBJECT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 25-27.00N 055-09.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 281557Z AUG 23.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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 · drifting objects
9 within 180 nm since 2007 · 1 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.
- Wooden debris adrift in 25-13.12N 056-29.18E2026-08-20
- Object adrift in vicinity 25-15.23N 054-51.13E2023-03-13
- Unlit mooring buoy adrift in vicinity 25-48.77N 052-40.90E at 201144Z mar2022-03-20
- Large object adrift in vicinity 25-09.17N 055-00.22E2020-11-17
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in area bound by 25-47.57N…2020-04-15
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by 1000 floating platforms in vicinity: a. 25-47.57N…2020-04-14
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
- Anchoring prohibited in area bound by 25-26.59N 055-05.88E, 25-28.17N 055-06.69E, 25-28.32N 055-09.15E,…Other · 1.1 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 55.4 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 67.2 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 69.2 nm
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 86.5 nm
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 96.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:07Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.