M/V mt albi disabled and adrift in 13-02.35N 070-54.60W at 201800Z jun
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 680/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-06-21 13:46Z
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) · DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/23 201802Z JUN 23.. Issued 2023-06-20 18:28Z. 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 13.039, -70.910. 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
- Cancel NAVAREA IV 680/23 and this msglater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-06-20 18:28Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-06-23 18:08Z
- authority
- DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/23 201802Z JUN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 13.039, -70.910
- vessel
- M/V ALBI
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. ARUBA. 1. M/V MT ALBI DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 13-02.35N 070-54.60W AT 201800Z JUN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD, PHONE: +59994637620, FAX: +59994637950. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231808Z JUN 23.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
40 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 white and blue hull, grey inside, with two outboard engines vessel partially submerged and adrift…2023-12-19
- Derelict white and blue vessel adrift in 12-27.18N 070-08.21W2023-12-19
- Derelict vessel, white and blue hull, adrift in vicinity 14-22.40N 073-18.90W at 160321Z dec2023-12-16
- Derelict 14 meter S/V moana adrift in vicinity 13-10.40N 073-18.27W2023-08-26
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
- Puerto bolivar front range light 12-15.30N 071-57.50W unlitNav aids · 77.4 nm
- Punta perret light 11-47.68N 071-20.37W unlitNav aids · 78.9 nm
- Punta borojo light 11-12.08N 070-46.67W changed to fl w 11 sec 19 meters 18 milesNav aids · 110.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 09:53Z; 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.