Derelict barge adrift vicinity 28-40N 050-03E
Persian Gulf · HYDROPAC 936/16
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2016-04-02 15:03Z
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) · CCSG8 301457Z MAR 16.. Issued 2016-03-30 15:03Z. 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
- Persian Gulf. The parsed report position is 28.667, 50.050. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2016-03-30 15:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2016-04-02 15:03Z
- authority
- CCSG8 301457Z MAR 16.
- sea
- Persian Gulf
- position
- 28.667, 50.050
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
PERSIAN GULF. DNC 10. 1. DERELICT BARGE ADRIFT VICINITY 28-40N 050-03E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021503Z APR 16.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
22 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 barge adrift in vicinity 26-34.70N 051-07.12E at 101120Z mar2021-03-11
- Derelict barge labroy 216 partially submerged in 29-23.63N 048-52.46E2020-07-23
- Derelict M/V stolt volar adrift in 026-56.7N 051-08.1E2012-03-21
- Derelict M/V stolt valor on fire and adrift vicinity 27-25.5N 050-26.0E at 150131Z mar2012-03-15
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift vicinity 27-14N 051-07E2008-02-24
- Derelict vessel adrift vicinity 26-27.7N 051-42.7E at 230520Z jan2008-01-24
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
- Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 36.3 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 29-13.10N 048-44.42ERestricted · 76.4 nm
- Barge dream 1 sank in 29-14.06N 048-41.22EWrecks · 79.3 nm
- Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 85.3 nm
- Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63ERestricted · 89.8 nm
- Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 92 nm
- Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 100.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 20:24Z; 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.