Derelict F/V adrift vicinity 40-48N 131-27E
Japan Sea · HYDROPAC 481/07
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2007-03-22 00:00Z
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) · AOR MESSAGES 150754Z MAR 07.. Issued 2007-03-15 08:13Z. 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
- Japan Sea. The parsed report position is 40.800, 131.450. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2007-03-15 08:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AOR MESSAGES 150754Z MAR 07.
- issued by
- AOR MESSAGES
- sea
- Japan Sea
- position
- 40.800, 131.450
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. DERELICT F/V ADRIFT VICINITY 40-48N 131-27E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 22 MAR.
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.
- 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
31 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 F/V, partially submerged and adrift in 40-54N 132-30E at 180101Z oct2019-10-18
- Derelict F/V adrift in vicinity 41-01N 135-21E at 051300Z2019-10-05
- Two 12 meter derelict F/V adrift in 42-38N 132-46E at 060915Z aug2019-08-06
- Derelict ten meter wooden vessel, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 42-29.8N 132-30.8E2019-04-20
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 40-36.75N 129-55.25E at 290800Z oct2018-10-29
- Derelict ten meter F/V adrift in 42-56-53N 134-09-58E at 230630Z oct2018-10-23
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 23:16Z; 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.