Tug mas ocean and barge disabled, unlit and adrift in vicinity 06-29.8S 150-19.1E at 140700Z aug
Solomon Sea · HYDROPAC 2977/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-08-17 14:33Z
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) · JRCC AUSTRALIA 141357Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-14 14:33Z. 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
- Solomon Sea. The parsed report position is -6.497, 150.318. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-08-14 14:33Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-08-17 14:33Z
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 141357Z AUG 18.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- Solomon Sea
- position
- -6.497, 150.318
- vessel
- TUG MAS OCEAN
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOLOMON SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. 1. TUG MAS OCEAN AND BARGE DISABLED, UNLIT AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 06-29.8S 150-19.1E AT 140700Z AUG. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 171433Z AUG 18.
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.
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- Unlit / extinguished
- A light, buoy or structure that is not showing its charted light.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
- 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
9 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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
- 105 meter M/V niu ailan coast disabled and adrift in vicinity 04-41.84S 152-42.72E at 130531Z sep2018-09-13
- 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
- Derelict 101 meter M/V foxhound adrift in 05-29S 147-34E at 170157Z oct2015-10-17
- Derelict barge adrift vicinity 07-45S 150-27E at 300130Z jan2013-01-30
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 15:27Z; 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.