Derelicts

Derelict vessel binh dinh river adrift in 05-01.8N 107-51.8E at 080945Z jan

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 73/09

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2009-01-09 14:00Z

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) · SPOCC 081000Z JAN 09; NAVAREA VIII 14/09 071001Z JAN 09.. Issued 2009-01-08 15:19Z. 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
South China Sea. The parsed report position is 5.030, 107.863. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2009-01-08 15:19Z
status
Archived notice
authority
SPOCC 081000Z JAN 09; NAVAREA VIII 14/09 071001Z JAN 09.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
issued by
SPOCC
sea
South China Sea
position
5.030, 107.863
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. DERELICT VESSEL BINH DINH RIVER ADRIFT IN
   05-01.8N 107-51.8E AT 080945Z JAN. REPORTS
   TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER,
   TELEX: 20021, PHONE: 656 226 5539,
   FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 65/09, PERSONS RESCUED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 59/09(63).
4. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 JAN.

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.
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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
HYDROPAC
The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

50 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 00:43Z; 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.