Derelict M/V kalisto, white hull, adrift in 14-59.00N 068-27.00W at 061234Z mar
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 254/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-03-10 14:09Z
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 0/23 071406Z MAR 23.. Issued 2023-03-07 14:10Z. 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 14.983, -68.450. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 515/232023-03-07 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 254/23 · this notice2023-03-07 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-03-07 14:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-03-10 14:09Z
- authority
- JRCC CURACAO 0/23 071406Z MAR 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- JRCC CURACAO
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 14.983, -68.450
- vessel
- M/V KALISTO · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. 1. DERELICT M/V KALISTO, WHITE HULL, ADRIFT IN 14-59.00N 068-27.00W AT 061234Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101409Z MAR 23.
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
33 within 180 nm since 2007 · 1 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 S/V adrift in 14-07.87N 068-20.16W at 080810Z sep2026-09-09
- Derelict S/V orion adrift in 13-29.94N 070-23.64W at 142040Z feb2024-02-15
- Derelict 42 foot M/V adrift in vicinity 14-10.11N 067-17.21W at 300130Z aug2023-08-30
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 15-29.35N 070-23.47W at 080208Z aug2023-08-09
- Derelict 28 foot S/V m'enfin adrift in vicinity 15-06.90N 068-49.60W2023-07-17
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 12-36.09N 068-23.50W at 052353Z jul2023-07-06
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
4 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 14:44Z; 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.