M/V adrift in vicinity 09-59.24N 107-54.48E at 310230Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3885/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-12-31 16:19Z
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 VIETNAM 310416Z DEC 20.. Issued 2020-12-31 04:28Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 9.987, 107.908. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Cancel HYDROPAC 3885/20 and this msg, vessel assistedlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2020-12-31 04:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 310416Z DEC 20.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 9.987, 107.908
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 11. M/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 09-59.24N 107-54.48E AT 310230Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.
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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
75 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 bt 94781 ts semi-submerged and adrift in vicinity 08-32.83N 105-25.66E at 031024Z dec2023-12-03
- 19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in in 11-20.00N…2023-01-28
- 19 meter F/V bd 98103 ts, four persons on board, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 11-24.00N…2023-01-28
- M/V xin ao yuan jian, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-30.25N 108-05.95E at 260117Z jan2023-01-26
- M/V AMR1 disabled and adrift in 10-10.00N 109-11.00E at 091255Z dec2022-12-09
- Vessel adrift in vicinity 08-33.00N 110-33.00E at 071220Z nov2022-11-07
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 24.2 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 24.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 13:55Z; 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.