Debris

Buoy adrift vicinity 26-16N 052-37E

Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 546/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-02-27 19:01Z

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) · COGARD NAVCEN 241451Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-24 19:02Z. 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: Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 26.267, 52.617. 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 Persian Gulf →

issued: 2014-02-24 19:02Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2014-02-27 19:01Z
authority: COGARD NAVCEN 241451Z FEB 14.
issued by: COGARD NAVCEN
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 26.267, 52.617
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

PERSIAN GULF.
1. BUOY ADRIFT VICINITY 26-16N 052-37E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271901Z FEB 14.

Reading this warning

Off station / missing buoy: A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting objects

10 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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.

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

Pipeline operations 10 aug thru 10 nov by vessel barge derrick barge 30 in area bound by 26-31.70N…Cable ops · 29.5 nm
Survey operations in progress until further notice by M/V halul 41 in area bound by 26-23.34N 051-47.10E,…Surveys · 39.5 nm
Bh jacket light fl(r) 4 sec temporarily established in 26-38.41N 051-56.90ENav aids · 42.4 nm
Wave rider buoy, fl 5 y 10 sec, temporarily established in 26-39.57N 051-57.22ENav aids · 42.7 nm
Underwater operations in progress until further notice by M/V HYSY289 in area bound by 26-41.99N 051-53.26E,…Surveys · 43 nm
Mooring buoy established in 26-38.47N 051-55.82ENav aids · 43.2 nm
Pipeline operations 18 sep until further notice by barge mc dermott in area bound by 25-59.10N 051-36.60E,…Cable ops · 54.8 nm
Survey operations 18 sep until further notice by M/V fugro resilience in area bound by 26-33.31N 051-04.86E,…Surveys · 54.9 nm
Foul ground, anchor with 2.5 shackle chain reported in 25-07.69N 052-53.09EWrecks · 69.9 nm
Zaqqum buoy in 25-06.56N 053-25.06ENav aids · 81.9 nm
RACON at dalma buoy 24-32.51N 052-27.85E inoperativeNav aids · 103.9 nm
Partially submerged wreck in vicinity 25-11.64N 054-10.12EWrecks · 105.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

3 drifting objects listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:06Z; source collection times vary.

Debris

Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →

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.