Motor vessel Morning Midas is reported to have sunk in the North Pacific at 45-16.88N 179-14.13W; vessels should report oil sheens or debris to USCG.
North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 392/25
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What this record establishes
Listed in force
The latest collected record lists this warning as active. This is the status of the notice, not a live observation of conditions at the location.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt). Issued 2025-06-24 23:59Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-10-01 05:17Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 45.281, -179.236. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1650/252025-06-24 · Listed in force
- NAVAREA XII 392/25 · this notice2025-06-24 · Listed in force
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2025-06-24 23:59Z
- status
- Listed in force
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 45.281, -179.236
- vessel
- M/V MORNING MIDAS · 3 messages
- nearest port
- Petropavlovsk · 980 nm
- source
- NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. M/V MORNING MIDAS SANK IN 45-16.88N 179-14.13W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO NAVIGATE WITH CAUTION AND REPORT PRESENCE OF OIL SHEENS OR DEBRIS TO USCG SECTOR WESTERN ALASKA AND US ARCTIC, PHONE: 907 428 4100, E-MAIL: SOUTHWESTERNAK@USCG.MIL.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Conditions at the position · now
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MET Norway · NOAA WaveWatch III · HYCOM · GEBCO 2020 · model data at the centroid, not an observation
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
2 within 180 nm since 2025 · 0 in the last 12 months · 2 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
- M/V morning midas sank in 45-16.88N 179-14.13WDebris · 0 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
3 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:18Z; 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.