Debris

Object adrift in 11-00S 046-36E

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3386/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-12-02 19:50Z

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 VII 285/12 291450Z NOV 12.. Issued 2012-11-29 19:53Z. 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: Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -11.000, 46.600. 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 Indian Ocean →

issued: 2012-11-29 19:53Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2012-12-02 19:50Z
authority: NAVAREA VII 285/12 291450Z NOV 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Indian Ocean
position: -11.000, 46.600
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
COMOROS.
1. OBJECT ADRIFT IN 11-00S 046-36E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021950Z DEC 12.

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

3 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.

Cylindrical grey metallic object adrift in 13-01.00S 045-11.00E2024-04-11
Ten meter fad adrift in vicinity 13-05.61S 045-12.12E2022-08-05

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

No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:01Z; 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.