Debris

Ten meter long cylinder, red and white bands, partially submerged and adrift in 02-11.8S 143-16.8E at…

Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 390/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-02-10 17:05Z

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 X 10/14 090508Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-09 06:08Z. 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
Bismarck Sea. The parsed report position is -2.197, 143.280. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the Bismarck Sea →

issued
2014-02-09 06:08Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2014-02-12 06:05Z
authority
NAVAREA X 10/14 090508Z FEB 14.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA X · named as the source of this relay
sea
Bismarck Sea
position
-2.197, 143.280
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PAPUA NEW GUINEA-NORTH COAST.
BISMARCK SEA.
1. TEN METER LONG CYLINDER, RED AND WHITE BANDS,
   PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN
   02-11.8S 143-16.8E AT 090345Z FEB.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120605Z FEB 14.

Reading this warning

Semi-submerged
Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

2 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

11
14

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

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A
M
J
J
A
S
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D

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 2026-10-02 13:32Z; 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.