Derelict 91 meter barge adrift vicinity 15-02S 119-57E at 181231Z mar
Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 790/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-03-19 19:51Z
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 24/12 18 MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-18 14:25Z. 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 -15.033, 119.950. 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 91 meter barge adrift vicinity 14-45.1S 119-14.5E at 170631Z marcancelled by this notice
- Derelict 91 meter barge adrift vicinity 15-01S 120-39E at 191230Z marlater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROPAC 781/122012-03-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 790/12 · this notice2012-03-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 802/122012-03-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 813/122012-03-21 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2012-03-18 14:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-03-21 14:25Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 24/12 18 MAR 12.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Indian Ocean
- position
- -15.033, 119.950
- 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 METER BARGE ADRIFT VICINITY 15-02S 119-57E AT 181231Z MAR. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 781/12. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 211425Z 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.
- 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
32 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.
- Derelict 12 meter vessel partially submerged and adrift in 15-23.22S 120-53.73E at 172240Z apr2021-04-17
- Derelict 14 meter F/V bismiia 02 adrift in 12-38.01S 120-24.78E at 170835Z may2016-05-17
- Derelict 14 meter F/V bismiia 02 adrift vicinity 12-35.45S 120-41.60E at 161700Z may2016-05-17
- 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
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 23:54Z; 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.