Derelict 40 foot vessel adrift in 11-01.40N 067-18.21W at 301600Z nov
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1266/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-03 18:18Z
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) · JRCC CURACAO 0/22 301802Z NOV 22.. Issued 2022-11-30 18:26Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 11.023, -67.303. 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 Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2022-11-30 18:26Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-03 18:18Z
- authority
- JRCC CURACAO 0/22 301802Z NOV 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JRCC CURACAO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.023, -67.303
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. VENEZUELA. 1. DERELICT 40 FOOT VESSEL ADRIFT IN 11-01.40N 067-18.21W AT 301600Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031818Z DEC 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
6 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.
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 12-36.09N 068-23.50W at 052353Z jul2023-07-06
- Derelict S/V adrift in vicinity 13-23.70N 068-03.86W2023-02-27
- Derelict 50 foot barge adrift in 11-48.3N 067-54.0W at 300950Z oct2018-10-30
- Derelict 25 foot S/V, white hull with blue stripe, adrift vicinity 13-26.20N 069-02.31W at 261730Z mar2015-03-27
- Derelict 28 foot M/V, creme hull, adrift vicinity 13-13.40N 067-17.04W2012-05-28
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
- La guaira light 10-36.25N 066-56.71W establishedNav aids · 32.9 nm
- Cayo noroeste light 11-13.31N 068-26.28W unlitNav aids · 67.9 nm
- Orchila pier beacon 11-48.43N 066-12.00W unlitNav aids · 80.2 nm
- Wolker light 11-48.70N 066-11.08W unlitNav aids · 81.1 nm
- Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 90.8 nm
- Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 97.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:23Z; 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.