Derelict vessel and 16 containers adrift in 12-15.570N 109-58.269E at 060423Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 4054/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-09 13:32Z
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) · HAIPHONG RADIO 061237Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-06 13:32Z. 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 12.259, 109.971. 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 China Sea →
- issued
- 2019-12-06 13:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-09 13:32Z
- authority
- HAIPHONG RADIO 061237Z DEC 19.
- issued by
- HAIPHONG RADIO
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 12.259, 109.971
- containers
- 16
- 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. 1. DERELICT VESSEL AND 16 CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 12-15.570N 109-58.269E AT 060423Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. REPORTS TO HAIPHONG RADIO, FAX: 84 225 3981615 E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 091332Z DEC 19.
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.
- Lost containers
- Shipping containers lost overboard, reported floating or semi-submerged, often in groups after a single incident.
- 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.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
2 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
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
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:01Z; source collection times vary.
Containers
Shipping containers lost overboard and reported adrift or semi-submerged. All current drifting containers →
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.