Derelicts

Derelict 55 foot tug neel with 120 foot barge adrift in vicinity 05-04.39N 070-54.02E

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 3641/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-12-19 01:22Z

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) · MRCC MALE 152133Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-16 01:22Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 5.073, 70.900. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2021-12-16 01:22Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2021-12-19 01:22Z
authority: MRCC MALE 152133Z DEC 21.
issued by: MRCC MALE
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 5.073, 70.900
vessel: TUG NEEL
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
DNC 03.
1. DERELICT 55 FOOT TUG NEEL WITH 120 FOOT BARGE
   ADRIFT IN VICINITY 05-04.39N 070-54.02E.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
   LOOKOUT. REPORTS TO MRCC MALE,
   INMARSAT-C: 445526639,
   PHONE: 960 339 5981, 960 339 8898, 960 993 1082,
   FAX: 960 339 1665,
   E-MAIL: MRCC@MNDF.GOV.MV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190122Z DEC 21.

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.
Derelict: An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
Tow / towing: A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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 · derelict & adrift vessels

13 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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

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

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:05Z; 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.