Derelict vessel on fire and adrift vicinity 47-04.5N 152-29.1E on 22 dec
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3825/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-25 00:01Z
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) · PETRO 149/14 220933Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-22 10:35Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 47.075, 152.485. 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 North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2014-12-22 10:35Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-12-25 10:30Z
- authority
- PETRO 149/14 220933Z DEC 14.
- issued by
- PETRO
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 47.075, 152.485
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. KURIL ISLANDS. DNC 24. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ON FIRE AND ADRIFT VICINITY 47-04.5N 152-29.1E ON 22 DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251030Z DEC 14.
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
8 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.
- Derelict F/V adrift in 47-08.8N 152-50.6E at 270720Z aug2018-08-27
- Derelict F/V on fire and adrift in 46-25N 154-30E at 211133Z aug2016-08-21
- F/V disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 45-08.1N 149-30.3E at 180005Z jul2014-07-20
- Derelict 12 meter F/V P-3036MA in 46-07N 151-18E at 210550Z jan2014-01-21
- F/V disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 45-20.0N 153-26.8E at 061625Z sep2013-09-07
- 196 ton F/V disabled and adrift due to engine damage in 44-20N 153-33E at 171440Z aug2012-08-17
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 04:34Z; 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.