Ship Cape Dao is disabled and adrift in the Strait of Hormuz off Oman at 26-23.40N 056-34.40E after a security incident; vessels must keep clear.
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 2770/26
What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2026-09-24 21:07Z. First collected 2026-09-25 18:02Z; last seen in collection 2026-09-25 19:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.390, 56.573. 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 cape dao suffered a security incident, is on fire and anchored in 26-24.80N 056-27.60Ecancelled by this notice
- issued
- 2026-09-24 21:07Z
- status
- Listed in force
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 26.390, 56.573
- nearest port
- Bandar Abbas · 49 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-09-25 18:02Z
Original warning text
STRAIT OF HORMUZ. OMAN. 1. M/V CAPE DAO SUFFERED A SECURITY INCIDENT, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 26-23.40N 056-34.40E. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2767/26.
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.
- 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.
Drift estimate · where it probably is now
- estimated
- 26.801, 56.620 · ±22.4 nm
- from report
- 24.8 nm toward 6° over 0.9 d
- current
- 1.4 kn toward 351°
- wind
- 13 kn from 305° · 3% leeway
- method
- stepped 1× at the estimated position · as of 2026-09-25 18:50Z
Surface current (HYCOM, U.S. Navy) plus 3% of the wind (MET Norway). An estimate drawn dashed on the map above — not a position, not for navigation or search and rescue.
Conditions at the position · now
loading…
MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 3 in the last 12 months · 2 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 el gaia on fire, adrift and spilling oil in 26-26.50N 056-30.10E2026-09-13
- M/V gazlog shanghai disabled and adrift in 26-05.11N 056-35.40E at 312330Z jul2026-08-01
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85E2025-06-19
- Derelict M/V hamed kharazm adrift in 26-33.2N 056-33.0E at 281015Z dec2020-12-28
- Derelict M/V kokuka courageous adrift in 25-19N 057-50E2019-06-13
- Derelict vessel, yellow hull, adrift in vicinity 25-19N 053-50E2019-03-28
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
- Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 12.4 nm
- Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 28.7 nm
- Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 47.2 nm
- GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 77.2 nm
- Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 78.6 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 · 96.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 19:20Z; 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.