Barge adrift between umbo island (05-37S 147-55E) and long island (05-21S 147-07E) at 271200Z jan
Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 281/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-01-30 05:35Z
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 X 2/13 280131Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-28 01:46Z. 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
- Bismarck Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict barge adrift vicinity 07-45S 150-27E at 300130Z janlater cancellation 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 281/13 · this notice2013-01-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 311/132013-01-30 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2013-01-28 01:46Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-01-31 01:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA X 2/13 280131Z JAN 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bismarck Sea
- position
- -5.483, 147.517
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PAPUA NEW GUINEA-NORTHEAST COAST VITIAZ STRAIT. 1. BARGE ADRIFT BETWEEN UMBO ISLAND (05-37S 147-55E) AND LONG ISLAND (05-21S 147-07E) AT 271200Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310145Z JAN 13.
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.
- 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.
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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.
- Papua new guinea2026-09-06
- Derelict 115 meter M/V gazelle coast disabled and adrift in vicinity 06-29.11S 148-02.72E at 060030Z sep2021-09-06
- Possible derelict 80 meter F/V lim discoverer adrift in vicinity 03-26.2S 147-49.8E at 210730Z mar2020-03-25
- Tug mas ocean and barge disabled, unlit and adrift in vicinity 06-29.8S 150-19.1E at 140700Z aug2018-08-14
- Derelict M/V daiyup adrift in 06-45S 147-00E at 291645Z nov2016-12-01
- M/V daiyup disabled and adrift in area bound by 06-44S 146-56E, 08-35S 148-17E, 07-56S 149-35E, 06-03S 148-06E2016-11-30
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 09:12Z; 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.