Derelicts

Derelict 200 foot barge and tug adrift in vicinity 37-48.40N 074-29.80W

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 61/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-18 06:09Z

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) · CCGD05 0/23 150601Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-15 06:14Z. 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
North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 37.807, -74.497. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2023-01-15 06:14Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2023-01-18 06:09Z
authority
CCGD05 0/23 150601Z JAN 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
37.807, -74.497
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
VIRGINIA.
1. DERELICT 200 FOOT BARGE AND TUG ADRIFT
   IN VICINITY 37-48.40N 074-29.80W. VESSELS
   IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT.
   REPORTS TO USCG FIFTH DISTRICT COMMAND CENTER,
   PHONE: 757 398 6390.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 180609Z JAN 23.

Reading this warning

Derelict
An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
Tow / towing
A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout
A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
CANCEL THIS MSG
The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels

13 within 180 nm since 2010 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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

5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-26 09:15Z; 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.