M/V martha disabled and adrift vicinity 14-00S 150-00W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 519/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-03-18 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) · FRANCE TELECOM 111219Z MAR 09.. Issued 2009-03-11 15:08Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -14.000, -150.000. 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 Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2009-03-11 15:08Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- FRANCE TELECOM 111219Z MAR 09.
- issued by
- FRANCE TELECOM
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -14.000, -150.000
- vessel
- M/V MARTHA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. M/V MARTHA DISABLED AND ADRIFT VICINITY 14-00S 150-00W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 18 MAR.
Reading this warning
- 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
10 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- M/V samoana disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-21.3S 152-53.79W at 031445Z apr2019-04-03
- M/V samoana disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-01.9S 152-22.51W at 012130Z apr2019-04-01
- M/V samoana disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 13-02.53S 151-46.53W at 301650Z mar2019-03-30
- Derelict six meter F/V, pink hull, partially submerged and adrift vicinity 14-59S 148-52W at 012154Z dec2015-12-02
- 14 meter F/V moorea ravaai IV disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 15-52S 149-00W2011-05-17
- M/V harlington disabled and adrift due to rudder failure vicinity 12-13S 149-25W2010-12-04
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 2026-09-26 00:26Z; 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.