Derelicts

Derelict raft adrift in vicinity 19-09.9N 166-11.0W at 240945Z jun

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 249/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-06-27 10:40Z

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) · CCGD14 241036Z JUN 18.. Issued 2018-06-24 10:40Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 19.165, -166.183. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2018-06-24 10:40Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2018-06-27 10:40Z
authority: CCGD14 241036Z JUN 18.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 19.165, -166.183
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
1. DERELICT RAFT ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   19-09.9N 166-11.0W AT 240945Z JUN. VESSELS IN
   VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
   AND REPORT ANY SIGHTINGS TO JRCC HONOLULU,
   TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333,
   FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@USCG.MIL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271040Z JUN 18.

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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2018 · 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.

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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 16:58Z; 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.