Derelict S/V vanett adrift in vicinity 12-43.80N 079-50.90W
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 642/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-09 03:00Z
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 060201Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-06 03:03Z. 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 12.730, -79.848. 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
- 2022-07-06 03:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-07-09 03:00Z
- authority
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/22 060201Z JUL 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 12.730, -79.848
- vessel
- S/V VANETT · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN CARIBBEAN SEA. 1. DERELICT S/V VANETT ADRIFT IN VICINITY 12-43.80N 079-50.90W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 090300Z JUL 22.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · derelict & adrift vessels
20 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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 M/V vagabond submerged and adrift in 13-34.78N 081-22.67W2026-08-23
- Western caribbean sea sailing vessel adrift in 12-14.35N 078-42.98W at 031600Z jul2022-07-03
- S/V reported adrift2022-06-11
- Debris from wrecked vessel adrift in vicinity 12-14.62N 081-50.63W2022-01-06
- 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
- Cayo roncador light 13-34.41N 080-05.51W unlitNav aids · 52.6 nm
- Hoyo soplador light, fl w 15 sec 20 meters 12 miles, established in 12-28.85N 081-43.83WNav aids · 111.3 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-27 23:57Z; 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.