Derelicts

99 foot F/V yazmond disabled and adrift in 44-02.90S 165-42.54E

Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 598/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-03-03 16:42Z

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) · MNZ 22/18 122120Z FEB 18.. Issued 2018-02-13 02:19Z. 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: Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -44.048, 165.709. 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 Tasman Sea →

issued: 2018-02-13 02:19Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MNZ 22/18 122120Z FEB 18.
issued by: MNZ
sea: Tasman Sea
position: -44.048, 165.709
vessel: F/V YAZMOND
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

TASMAN SEA.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
99 FOOT F/V YAZMOND DISABLED AND ADRIFT
IN 44-02.90S 165-42.54E.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
INMARSAT-C: 451200067,
E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.

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.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET: The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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.

Debris from vessel adrift in 45-36.10S 166-38.43E2016-02-26
Cancel this msg 130619Z dec 122012-12-10
Derelict F/V albacore partially submerged and adrift in 44-02S 168-21E at 012000Z aug2012-08-02

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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:07Z; 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.