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Barge Trader III lies sunk at 06-53.77N 057-53.43W in the North Atlantic near Guyana.

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 222/26

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 2026-03-10 21:15Z. 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 Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 6.896, -57.891. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2026-03-10 21:15Z
status: Listed in force
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 6.896, -57.891
vessel: BARGE TRADER III
nearest port: Georgetown · 17 nm
source: NGA MSI in-force warnings (DailyMem*.txt) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

NORTH ATLANTIC.
GUYANA.
BARGE TRADER III SANK IN 06-53.77N 057-53.43W.

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.

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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 · wrecks & obstructions

11 within 180 nm since 2014 · 2 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.

M/V barima sank in 07-28.23N 058-23.40W2026-07-21
Dangerous wreck in 07-30.30N 058-24.30W2022-12-30
Dangerous wreck in area bound by 06-05.40N 055-12.15W, 06-05.40N 055-11.49W, 06-04.58N 055-11.49W, 06-04.57N…2022-03-24
Dangerous wreck, least depth 7.7 meters, reported in vicinity 07-57N 058-49W2021-06-09
Dangerous wreck in 08-26.90N 059-48.42W2018-12-03
Dangerous wrecks in: a. 06-48.485N 058-10.472W2018-04-26

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

Two odas buoys established in vicinity 06-57.93N 057-48.54WNav aids · 6.4 nm
Odas buoy established in 07-02.67N 057-58.65WNav aids · 10.3 nm
Survey operations in progress until 31 dec by vessel aht DN87 and tug telesto in area bound by 07-03.06N…Surveys · 10.9 nm
Survey operations in progress until 15 nov by M/V moonrise g in area bound by 07-50.19N 058-24.50W,…Surveys · 40.4 nm
Survey operations in progress until 15 nov by M/V bgp prospector in area bound by 07-50.19N 058-24.50W,…Surveys · 40.4 nm
Survey operations in progress until 16 nov by M/V sea horse II in area bound by 07-57.54N 058-27.64W,…Surveys · 41.7 nm
Survey operations in progress until 16 nov by M/V seaquest in area bound by 07-57.54N 058-27.64W, 07-57.95N…Surveys · 41.7 nm
M/V barima sank in 07-28.23N 058-23.40WWrecks · 45.5 nm
Survey operations in progress until 31 dec 26 by M/V fugro brasilis in area bound by: 08-00.00N 057-09.90W,…Surveys · 85.3 nm
Underwater operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V c-worker 1 in area bound by 07-54.85N 057-06.47W,…Surveys · 85.7 nm
Survey operations in progress until 31 dec 26 by vessel bos princess in area bound by 08-09.73N 057-09.73W,…Surveys · 89.1 nm
Pipeline operations in progress until 31 dec by M/V saipem constellation in area bound by 08-07.37N…Cable ops · 91.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

40 wrecks & obstructions listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 05:20Z; source collection times vary.

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