Eight meter log adrift in vicinity 12-23.33S 127-20.37E at 111011Z mar
Timor Sea · HYDROPAC 822/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-14 13:37Z
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 14/23 111318Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-11 13:40Z. 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
- Timor Sea. The parsed report position is -12.389, 127.340. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2023-03-11 13:40Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-14 13:37Z
- authority
- SEA SAFETY 14/23 111318Z MAR 23.
- issued by
- SEA SAFETY
- sea
- Timor Sea
- position
- -12.389, 127.340
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
TIMOR SEA. AUSTRALIA. DNC 04. 1. EIGHT METER LOG ADRIFT IN VICINITY 12-23.33S 127-20.37E AT 111011Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141337Z MAR 23.
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.
- 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 · drifting objects
41 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.
- Fishing gear with ropes adrift in vicinity 12-19.61S 124-24.85E at 170616Z jan2023-01-17
- 300 meter long net adrift in 12-39.6S 124-32.7E at 262300Z mar2022-03-28
- 20 meter fishing net adrift in 12-37.80S 125-44.33E at 070702Z nov2021-11-07
- Fishing net, marked by buoys, abandoned and adrift in vicinity 12-32.18S 125-25.67E at 010400Z nov2021-11-01
- Fad with 100 meter rope adrift in 10-58.01S 127-21.55E at 140236Z apr2021-04-14
- Fad with 50 meter rope adrift in 10-58.26S 127-20.16E at 130335Z apr2021-04-13
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 06:08Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.