Barge dt 19359TS out of fuel and adrift in 07-53N 106-50E at 080518Z nov
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3143/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-11-12 10:26Z
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) · HOCHIMIN RADIO 080651Z NOV 11.. Issued 2011-11-08 07:14Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 7.883, 106.833. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-11-08 07:14Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- HOCHIMIN RADIO 080651Z NOV 11.
- issued by
- HOCHIMIN RADIO
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 7.883, 106.833
- vessel
- BARGE DT 19359TS OUT OF FUEL
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. BARGE DT 19359TS OUT OF FUEL AND ADRIFT IN 07-53N 106-50E AT 080518Z NOV. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VUNGTAU, PHONE: 64 385 0950, FAX: 64 381 0353.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
68 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 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.
- Derelict F/V bt 94781 ts semi-submerged and adrift in vicinity 08-32.83N 105-25.66E at 031024Z dec2023-12-03
- M/V xin ao yuan jian, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-30.25N 108-05.95E at 260117Z jan2023-01-26
- M/V adrift in vicinity 09-59.24N 107-54.48E at 310230Z dec2020-12-31
- F/V qng 96317 ts disabled and adrift in 09-37N 108-48E at 211700Z dec2020-12-21
- Derelict M/V dai hai phat 17 aground in 09-41.95N 106-43.59E2019-11-21
- Derelict M/V viet dung 36, taking on water and adrift in 10-27.14N 107-44.99E at 242300Z sep2019-09-25
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 66.1 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 81.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:36Z; 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.