S/V reported adrift
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 552/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-06-17 14:35Z
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) · PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/22 111900Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-11 23:49Z. 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 11.120, -78.896. 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
- 2022-06-11 23:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/22 111900Z JUN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 11.120, -78.896
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. S/V REPORTED ADRIFT. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN 11-07.22N 078-53.75W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
27 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 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
- Derelict vessel, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 08-19.80N 079-42.20W at 302000Z may2022-05-31
- Derelict M/V don eudo adrift in 10-59.12N 076-10.03W2022-03-31
- Derelict vessel adrift in vicinity 10-11.73N 079-22.45W at 011200Z jan2022-01-01
- Derelict F/V, blue hull, adrift in vicinity 10-22.6N 081-03.0W at 050001Z apr2020-04-07
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
- Lm buoy 09-25.99N 079-49.78W missingNav aids · 115.3 nm
- Port hand 3 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.75W missingNav aids · 119.4 nm
- Starboard hand 4 buoy 09-23.52N 079-53.87W missingNav aids · 119.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
6 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 12:18Z; 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.