Derelicts

Derelict vessel, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 08-19.80N 079-42.20W at 302000Z may

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 350/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-06-03 10:30Z

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) · PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/22 311001Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-31 10:35Z. 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 8.330, -79.703. 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: 2022-05-31 10:35Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-06-03 10:30Z
authority: PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/22 311001Z MAY 22.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 8.330, -79.703
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF PANAMA.
PANAMA.
1. DERELICT VESSEL, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   08-19.80N 079-42.20W AT 302000Z MAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031030Z JUN 22.

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.
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

23 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 30 foot S/V mostumo adrift in 08-01.10N 079-24.60W2023-07-23
Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 05-45.69N 080-47.08W2023-01-16
Derelict 35 foot vessel, white and yellow hull, adrift in 06-16.64N 080-13.81W at 2100Z aug2022-08-24
Vessel disabled in 06-39.90N 080-39.40W at 202330Z jul2022-07-21
S/V kokomo 4 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-52.50N 079-39.80W at 151400Z jul2022-07-15
S/V reported adrift2022-06-11

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

Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 64.2 nm
Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 64.2 nm
Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 64.8 nm
Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 64.8 nm
Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 66.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:36Z; 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.