Derelicts

Derelict M/V tiama of nantes adrift in vicinity 17-40N 039-40W

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 108/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-02-18 11:52Z

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) · MRCC DELGADA 150648Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-15 11:52Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 17.667, -39.667. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2019-02-15 11:52Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2019-02-18 11:52Z
authority
MRCC DELGADA 150648Z FEB 19.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
MRCC DELGADA
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
17.667, -39.667
vessel
M/V TIAMA OF NANTES
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. DERELICT M/V TIAMA OF NANTES ADRIFT
   IN VICINITY 17-40N 039-40W.
   REPORTS TO MRCC DELGADA,
   INMARSAT-C: 426300065,
   PHONE: 3512 9628 1777, 3519 1777 7461,
   FAX: 3512 11938 581,
   E-MAIL: MRCC.DELGADA@MARINHA.PT.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 181152Z FEB 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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
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

10 within 180 nm since 2007 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 00:55Z; 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.