Derelict vessel adrift in 16-02.1N 064-29.5E at 300505Z dec
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 4294/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-01-02 15:59Z
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 IX 452/19 301450Z DEC 19.. Issued 2019-12-30 15:59Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 16.035, 64.492. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2019-12-30 15:59Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-01-02 15:59Z
- authority
- NAVAREA IX 452/19 301450Z DEC 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IX · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 16.035, 64.492
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. DNC 03. 1. DERELICT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 16-02.1N 064-29.5E AT 300505Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021559Z JAN 20.
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
9 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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 F/V adrift in vicinity 15-40.70N 064-36.10E at 200936Z jun2022-06-21
- F/V partially submerged and adrift in 15-49.35N 066-10.00E2018-03-21
- Derelict M/V mol comfort stern adrift vicinity 14-03N 065-30E at 251400Z jun2013-06-26
- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 241400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 15-25N 067-53E2013-06-25
- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 231400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 15-12N 066-53E2013-06-24
- Derelict M/V mol comfort adrift at 221400Z jun: a. bow vicinity 14-52N 065-46E2013-06-23
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
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 21:55Z; 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.