Derelict F/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 10-22.6N 081-03.0W at 050001Z apr
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 308/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-04-10 11:04Z
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 BANAK 061209Z APR 20.. Issued 2020-04-07 11:04Z. 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 10.377, -81.050. 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 1241/202020-04-06 · Archived notice
- NAVAREA IV 308/20 · this notice2020-04-07 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2020-04-07 11:04Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-04-10 11:04Z
- authority
- M/V BANAK 061209Z APR 20.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- M/V BANAK
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.377, -81.050
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. PANAMA. 1. DERELICT F/V, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN VICINITY 10-22.6N 081-03.0W AT 050001Z APR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 101104Z APR 20.
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
23 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 30 foot S/V mostumo adrift in 08-01.10N 079-24.60W2023-07-23
- S/V kokomo 4 disabled and adrift due to engine failure in 07-52.50N 079-39.80W at 151400Z jul2022-07-15
- Derelict S/V vanett adrift in vicinity 12-43.80N 079-50.90W2022-07-06
- Western caribbean sea sailing vessel adrift in 12-14.35N 078-42.98W at 031600Z jul2022-07-03
- S/V reported adrift2022-06-11
- Derelict vessel, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 08-19.80N 079-42.20W at 302000Z may2022-05-31
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
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 90.2 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 90.3 nm
- Manzanillo entrance west head light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W damagedNav aids · 90.6 nm
- Manzanillo entrance light 09-22.90N 079-53.90W temporarily changed to whiteNav aids · 90.6 nm
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 91.8 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:21Z; 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.