Trinidad and tobago
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 1310/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-12-09 09:43Z
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) · TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 115/22 060040Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-06 00:48Z. 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 11.005, -61.202. 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
- 2022-12-06 00:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-12-09 09:43Z
- authority
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 115/22 060040Z DEC 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.005, -61.202
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO. 1. SEMI SUBMERGED VESSEL ADRIFT IN VICINITY 11-00.33N 061-12.14W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090943Z DEC 22.
Reading this warning
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
13 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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 15 meter vessel, adrift in 12-48.00N 062-52.00W at 242200Z jan2023-01-25
- F/V chung kuo 22, red hull, partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 13-53.29N 061-08.51W at 101720Z may2022-05-11
- Derelict F/V, blue hull with white stripe, adrift in 13-39N 061-01W at 302330Z dec2018-12-31
- Derelict vessel, blue hull, adrift in 13-35.8N 061-12.3W2017-11-17
- Derelict S/V yanque, blue hull, dismasted and adrift in 13-35.27N 061-06.57W at 182037Z sep2017-09-19
- Derelict 7.6 meter F/V jean, white hull, adrift in 12-56.6N 063-11.0W2017-03-14
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
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 22.7 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 31.7 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 37.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoWrecks · 38.5 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 53.5 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 55.3 nm
- Faro punta mejillones light 10-42.20N 062-08.40W discontinuedNav aids · 58.2 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoNav aids · 62.1 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoCable ops · 73.4 nm
- Trinidad and tobagoSurveys · 76.4 nm
- GrenadinesWrecks · 96.2 nm
- Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 115.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:08Z; 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.