Derelict 91 meter barge adrift vicinity 25-39N 053-31E at 210330Z feb
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 325/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-28 00:00Z
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) · MENAS 8/08 21 FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-21 10:29Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 25.650, 53.517. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2008-02-21 10:29Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MENAS 8/08 21 FEB 08.
- issued by
- MENAS
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 25.650, 53.517
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT 91 METER BARGE ADRIFT VICINITY 25-39N 053-31E AT 210330Z FEB. REPORTS TO MENAS MARITIME OPERATIONS CENTER, E-MAIL: INFO@MENAS.COM.BH. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 28 FEB.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- 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
23 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 cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40E2026-09-24
- 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 barge adrift in vicinity 26-34.70N 051-07.12E at 101120Z mar2021-03-11
- Derelict M/V hamed kharazm adrift in 26-33.2N 056-33.0E at 281015Z dec2020-12-28
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
- Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 32.9 nm
- Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 44.7 nm
- Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 46.4 nm
- RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 87.8 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 · 88.6 nm
- Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 89.4 nm
- Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 93 nm
- Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 96.5 nm
- 12.9 meter depths reported in borouge channel 24-09.00N 052-45.20EWrecks · 99.2 nm
- Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 103.3 nm
- Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 103.8 nm
- Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 104.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:25Z; 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.