Derelict 8.6 meter vessel, white hull, adrift vicinity 29-34.7N 138-19.6E at 230100Z dec
Philippine Sea · HYDROPAC 3973/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-12-26 05:18Z
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 XI 948/13 230248Z DEC 13.. Issued 2013-12-23 05:19Z. 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
- Philippine Sea. The parsed report position is 29.578, 138.327. 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 Philippine Sea →
- issued
- 2013-12-23 05:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-12-26 05:18Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 948/13 230248Z DEC 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Philippine Sea
- position
- 29.578, 138.327
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. JAPAN. NAMPO SHOTO. 1. DERELICT 8.6 METER VESSEL, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT VICINITY 29-34.7N 138-19.6E AT 230100Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 260518Z DEC 13.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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
14 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 15 meter F/V adrift in vicinity 29-47.5N 140-20.7E at 300856Z apr2017-04-30
- Derelict 12 meter vessel, white hull, adrift in vicinity 29-09.9N 140-23.5E at 240708Z mar2017-03-24
- 17 meter F/V disabled and adrift in 28-30N 140-43E at 070205Z mar2015-03-07
- Derelict 229 meter M/V asian empire adrift vicinity 27-02.6N 136-31.7E at 250158Z apr2014-04-25
- Derelict 229 meter M/V asian empire adrift vicinity 27-33.2N 137-01.5E at 212200Z apr2014-04-22
- Derelict 229 meter vessel adrift vicinity 27-13.0N 137-12.5E at 210700z apr2014-04-21
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
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 10:37Z; 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.