Derelict 300 foot M/V alta, blue hull, adrift in 25-03.60N 048-18.60W at 250903Z oct 18
North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 897/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-27 12:50Z
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) · RCC NORFOLK 251242Z OCT 18.. Issued 2018-10-25 12:50Z. 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 25.060, -48.310. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2018-10-25 12:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2018-10-27 12:50Z
- authority
- RCC NORFOLK 251242Z OCT 18.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- RCC NORFOLK
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 25.060, -48.310
- vessel
- M/V ALTA · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 1. DERELICT 300 FOOT M/V ALTA, BLUE HULL, ADRIFT IN 25-03.60N 048-18.60W AT 250903Z OCT 18. PASS ALL SIGHTINGS OF THE VESSEL TO RCCNORFOLK(AT)USCG.MIL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271250Z OCT 18.
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
9 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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 vessel adrift in vicinity 25-50.20N 050-27.40W at 100700Z mar2024-03-10
- Derelict 19 foot S/V lhor one adrift in vicinity of 26-56.27N 047-48.73W2024-03-04
- Derelict 300 foot M/V alta adrift in 25-18.46N 049-59.59W at 292200Z oct2018-10-31
- Derelict 300 foot M/V alta, blue hull, adrift in 24-52.23N 048-59.03W at 271700Z oct 182018-10-27
- Derelict 300 foot M/V alta, blue hull, adrift in 24-19.33N 046-26.37W at 211905Z oct2018-10-21
- Derelict 35 foot S/V zoling, dismasted, partially submerged and adrift in 24-15.25N 045-40.23W2015-06-08
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
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 2026-09-24 21:53Z; 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.