Derelict vessel adrift in 07-55N 108-10E at 040430Z dec
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 4333/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-12-08 12:52Z
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 051230Z DEC 18.. Issued 2018-12-05 12:52Z. 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 7.917, 108.167. 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
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 4333/18 · this notice2018-12-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 4519/182018-12-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-12-05 12:52Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-12-08 12:52Z
- authority
- HAIPHONG RADIO 051230Z DEC 18.
- issued by
- HAIPHONG RADIO
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 7.917, 108.167
- 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 ADRIFT IN 07-55N 108-10E AT 040430Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 081252Z DEC 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.
- 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
78 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.
- Derelict F/V bt 94781 ts semi-submerged and adrift in vicinity 08-32.83N 105-25.66E at 031024Z dec2023-12-03
- M/V xin ao yuan jian, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 08-30.25N 108-05.95E at 260117Z jan2023-01-26
- M/V AMR1 disabled and adrift in 10-10.00N 109-11.00E at 091255Z dec2022-12-09
- Vessel adrift in vicinity 08-33.00N 110-33.00E at 071220Z nov2022-11-07
- F/V nt 90974TS and F/V nt 91205TS disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 10-13N 109-18E on 04 apr2022-04-05
- F/V qng 95568 ts disabled and adrift due to engine trouble in 08-07N 111-04E2021-10-31
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 7.8 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 19.1 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 17:54Z; 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.