Derelict M/V easter amber adrift vicinity 35-42.4N 125-43.5E at 060830Z mar
Yellow Sea · HYDROPAC 785/15
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2015-03-10 01:00Z
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) · NAVAREA XI 155/15 062300Z MAR 15.. Issued 2015-03-07 01:02Z. 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
- Yellow Sea. The parsed report position is 35.707, 125.725. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Derelict M/V easter amber adrift vicinity 35-40.2N 125-42.2E at 051415Z marcancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 773/152015-03-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 774/152015-03-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 785/15 · this notice2015-03-07 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 790/152015-03-07 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2015-03-07 01:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2015-03-10 01:00Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 155/15 062300Z MAR 15.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Yellow Sea
- position
- 35.707, 125.725
- vessel
- M/V EASTER AMBER · 3 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
YELLOW SEA. DNC 23. 1. DERELICT M/V EASTER AMBER ADRIFT VICINITY 35-42.4N 125-43.5E AT 060830Z MAR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 774/15. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 100100Z MAR 15.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
11 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.
- F/V kyeongdeokho nr 522 adrift in 35-44.9N 125-48.3E at 240001Z apr2017-04-24
- F/V kyeongdeokho nr 522 adrift in 35-44.9N 125-48.7E at 210001Z apr2017-04-21
- F/V kyeongdeokho nr 522 disabled and adrift in 35-45.5N 125-48.5E at 180001Z apr2017-04-18
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 35-29.8N 125-45.1E at 190100Z apr2016-04-19
- Derelict vessel easter amber adrift vicinity 35-30.5N 125-41.6E at 070000Z mar2015-03-07
- Derelict M/V easter amber adrift vicinity 35-40.2N 125-42.2E at 051415Z mar2015-03-06
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 00:54Z; 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.