Debris

Large object adrift in vicinity 25-09.17N 055-00.22E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 3373/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-11-20 06:17Z

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 IX 401/20 170501Z NOV 20.. Issued 2020-11-17 06:17Z. 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 25.153, 55.004. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued: 2020-11-17 06:17Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-11-20 06:17Z
authority: NAVAREA IX 401/20 170501Z NOV 20.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 25.153, 55.004
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
U.A.E.
DNC 10.
1. LARGE OBJECT ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   25-09.17N 055-00.22E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200617Z NOV 20.

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.
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

9 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

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

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 · 18.5 nm
Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 45.4 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 72.3 nm
Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 81.4 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 86.2 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 104.6 nm
M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 112.8 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 115.2 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 05:06Z; 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.