Derelict F/V benja uno, white hull with blue stripe, adrift in 25-52.20N 092-54.70W at 301550Z dec
Gulf of Mexico · NAVAREA IV 1514/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-01-02 17:05Z
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) · M/V NAFSIKA 0/23 301700Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-30 17:17Z. 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
- Gulf of Mexico. The parsed report position is 25.870, -92.912. 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 Gulf of Mexico →
- issued
- 2023-12-30 17:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-01-02 17:05Z
- authority
- M/V NAFSIKA 0/23 301700Z DEC 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- M/V NAFSIKA
- sea
- Gulf of Mexico
- position
- 25.870, -92.912
- vessel
- F/V BENJA UNO
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF MEXICO. 1. DERELICT F/V BENJA UNO, WHITE HULL WITH BLUE STRIPE, ADRIFT IN 25-52.20N 092-54.70W AT 301550Z DEC. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 021705Z JAN 24.
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
35 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- Previously reported container vessel fire has been extinguished2023-11-18
- Derelict vessel benja uno, white hull with blue stripe, partially submerged and adrift in 26-44.26N…2023-05-28
- Derelict vessel adrift in 28-14.10N 093-33.60W at 241530Z may2023-05-24
- M/V federal skye disabled and adrift in 28-22.79N 093-01.17W at 231638Z may2023-05-23
- M/V federal skye disabled and adrift in vicinity 28-15.00N 092-54.00W at 231638Z may2023-05-23
- Derelict S/V adrift in 28-36.27N 093-42.02W at 141507Z may2023-05-14
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
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 00:56Z; 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.