Derelict F/V, green hull, adrift in vicinity 02-30N 088-45E on 16 oct
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 3768/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-19 08:57Z
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 692/18 160625Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-16 08:57Z. 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 2.500, 88.750. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2018-10-16 08:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-19 08:57Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 692/18 160625Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- 2.500, 88.750
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT F/V, GREEN HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 02-30N 088-45E ON 16 OCT. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190857Z OCT 18.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
19 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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.
- Derelict fishing vessel capsize and adrift in vicinity 02-54.84N 090-03.07E at 170230Z apr 2. cancel this…2026-04-17
- F/V sapna 08 disabled and adrift in vicinity 01-00.00N 087-00.00E on 30 may2022-05-30
- Derelict M/V viva 109 adrift in vicinity 00-03.95N 089-31.10E at 161600Z nov2021-11-17
- Derilict M/V viva 109 adrift in vicinity 00-08.58N 088-58.78E2021-11-16
- M/V VIVA109 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 00-27.43N 087-28.00E on 14 nov2021-11-15
- Vessels, adrift and requesting assistance in: a. 02-00N 091-00E2020-05-21
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:58Z; 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.