Derelict 203 foot M/V adrift in vicinity 13-36.89N 069-23.66W at 262248Z jul
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 727/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-30 04:54Z
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 0/22 270447Z JUL 22.. Issued 2022-07-27 04:56Z. 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 13.615, -69.394. 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
- 2022-07-27 04:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-07-30 04:54Z
- authority
- DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD 0/22 270447Z JUL 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- DUTCH CARIBBEAN COAST GUARD
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 13.615, -69.394
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. ARUBA. 1. DERELICT 203 FOOT M/V ADRIFT IN VICINITY 13-36.89N 069-23.66W AT 262248Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300454Z 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.
- 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
35 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 42 foot M/V adrift in vicinity 14-10.11N 067-17.21W at 300130Z aug2023-08-30
- Derelict vessel partially submerged and adrift in 15-29.35N 070-23.47W at 080208Z aug2023-08-09
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
- Klein curacao light 11-59.4N 068-38.6W unlitNav aids · 107 nm
- Klein bonaire light 12-09.37N 068-19.61W unlitNav aids · 107.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
5 derelict & adrift vessels listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 07:08Z; 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.