Debris

15 meter long log adrift vicinity 12-26.48N 093-37.36E

Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 3176/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-10-19 04:22Z

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 VIII 564/13 160300Z OCT 13.. Issued 2013-10-16 04:22Z. 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: Andaman or Burma Sea. The parsed report position is 12.441, 93.623. 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 Andaman or Burma Sea →

issued: 2013-10-16 04:22Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-10-19 04:22Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 564/13 160300Z OCT 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Andaman or Burma Sea
position: 12.441, 93.623
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ANDAMAN SEA.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
1. 15 METER LONG LOG ADRIFT VICINITY
   12-26.48N 093-37.36E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190422Z OCT 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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

4 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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.

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

Hazardous operations 1130Z to 1430Z daily 28 thru 29 sep in area bound by 11-40.23N 092-45.75E, 11-40.77N…Exercises · 67.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 23:31Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.