Derelict M/V msc hermes III on fire and adrift in vicinity 11-58.00N 113-39.00E at 232340Z sep
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2765/26
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-09-24 15:00Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-24 01:13Z. First collected 2026-09-24 16:32Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-24 23:32Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 11.967, 113.650. 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
- Derelict M/V msc hermes III adrift in vicinity 11-45.00N 112-15.00Ecancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2026-09-24 01:13Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- self-cancels
- 2026-09-27 01:13Z
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.967, 113.650
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-24 16:32Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. DERELICT M/V MSC HERMES III ON FIRE AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 11-58.00N 113-39.00E AT 232340Z SEP. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2740/26. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 270113Z SEP 26.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
35 within 180 nm since 2001 · 3 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.
- Abandoned vessel, M/V msc hermes 3, 213 metre long, adrift in vicinity of 11-45N 112-15E on 220820Z sep2026-09-22
- Derelict M/V msc hermes III adrift in vicinity 11-45.00N 112-15.00E2026-09-22
- F/V bd 98833 ts disabled and adrift in 11-20.00N 111-23.00E at 252000Z nov2023-11-26
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-31.00N 110-58.00E at 132127Z oct2022-10-14
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-45.00N 110-51.00E at 131540Z oct2022-10-13
- F/V kh 97768 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 12-48.00N 110-48.00E at 131200Z oct2022-10-13
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:25Z; 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.