Derelict 91.5 meter barge adrift 14-35.5S 117-08.2E at 160030Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 765/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-19 01:25Z
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) · SEA SAFETY 21/12 160115Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-16 01:26Z. 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
- Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -14.592, 117.137. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2012-03-16 01:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-03-19 01:25Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 21/12 160115Z MAR 12.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -14.592, 117.137
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
AUSTRALIA-NORTHWEST COAST. 1. DERELICT 91.5 METER BARGE ADRIFT 14-35.5S 117-08.2E AT 160030Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 190125Z 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.
- 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.
- 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
8 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.
- Derelict 25 meter F/V, green hull, partially submerged and adrift in 12-47.2S 114-45.9E at 190300Z dec2016-12-19
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 13-12.5S 119-02.7E at 151200Z feb2015-02-15
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 13-11.04S 119-02.50E at 141100Z feb2015-02-14
- Derelict eight meter vessel adrift in 13-10.00S 119-02.39E at 131200Z feb2015-02-13
- Derelict 16 meter F/V, white hull, adrift vicinity 13-30.26S 119-39.65E at 060840Z jun2012-06-06
- Derelict 91 meter barge adrift vicinity 15-02S 119-57E at 181231Z mar2012-03-18
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 2026-10-01 23:53Z; 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.