Derelicts

Derelict M/V mi valdeza, M/V virgen del cisne III and M/V my raku adrift in 01-41.66N 079-42.12W 2. cancel…

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 385/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-08-21 12:01Z

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) · COLOMBIA 183/19 181156Z AUG 19.. Issued 2019-08-18 12:01Z. 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 1.694, -79.702. 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: 2019-08-18 12:01Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-08-21 12:01Z
authority: COLOMBIA 183/19 181156Z AUG 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XII
issued by: COLOMBIA
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 1.694, -79.702
vessels: M/V MI VALDEZA M/V MY RAKU M/V VIRGEN DEL CISNE III
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
COLOMBIA.
1. DERELICT M/V MI VALDEZA,
   M/V VIRGEN DEL CISNE III AND M/V MY RAKU ADRIFT
   IN 01-41.66N 079-42.12W
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 211201Z AUG 19.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

4 within 180 nm since 2012 · 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

6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:14Z; 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.