Derelict F/V chu zai fa no 1 in vicinity 13-28.8S 171-42.1W at 282000Z jan
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 391/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-01-31 22:08Z
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 XIV 16/18 282140Z JAN 18.. Issued 2018-01-28 22:08Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -13.480, -171.702. 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 South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-01-28 22:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-01-31 22:08Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XIV 16/18 282140Z JAN 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XIV · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -13.480, -171.702
- vessel
- F/V CHU ZAI FA NO 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. SAMOA. DNC 06. 1. DERELICT F/V CHU ZAI FA NO 1 IN VICINITY 13-28.8S 171-42.1W AT 282000Z JAN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 312208Z JAN 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
7 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 27 meter F/V chu zai fa 1 adrift in vicinity 12-55.6S 169-56.4W2017-12-27
- Derelict S/V gobo adrift vicinity 14-17S 169-02W2013-08-18
- Derelict F/V yuh po no 2 partially submerged and adrift in 15-28.2S 170-05.0W at 152249Z jan2012-01-16
- Derelict eight meter F/V kilisitina adrift in 12-37.48S 173-05.68W at 121948Z aug2005-08-13
- Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 13-58S 172-29W2003-07-06
- Vessel day star adrift and in need of assistance in 14-19S 172-57W2003-07-04
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 05:30Z; 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.