Derelict M/V sea mark on fire and adrift in vicinity 24-40.1N 144-34.7E at 181352Z dec
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 4199/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-12-19 21:29Z
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 700/19 181502Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-18 15:56Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 24.668, 144.578. 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
- Derelict M/V sea mark on fire and adrift in 24-39.5N 144-01.8E at 191900Z declater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 4199/19 · this notice2019-12-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 4200/192019-12-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 4211/192019-12-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 4223/192019-12-21 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-12-18 15:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-12-21 15:56Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 700/19 181502Z DEC 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 24.668, 144.578
- vessel
- M/V SEA MARK · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC. DNC 12. 1. DERELICT M/V SEA MARK ON FIRE AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 24-40.1N 144-34.7E AT 181352Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211556Z 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.
- 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
18 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.
- Two derelict lifeboats adrift in vicinity 24-33.2N 143-28.5E at 210134Z dec2019-12-21
- Derelict M/V sea mark on fire and adrift in 24-39.5N 144-01.8E at 191900Z dec2019-12-19
- Two derelict lifeboats adrift in the vicinity of 24-43N 144-37E at 181300Z dec2019-12-18
- Derelict ten meter vessel adrift in 21-43.2N 144-41.6E2019-05-23
- Derelict vessel, white hull, adrift in 24-05.1N 146-46.6E at 010315Z nov2018-11-01
- F/V sagakatsu maru disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 25-39N 146-01E at 240258Z feb2016-02-24
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 2026-10-01 19:15Z; 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.