Western caribbean sea 1. derelict barge mgm 3001, grey hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in…
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 999/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-11-05 19:32Z
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) · SOHIA N 021843Z NOV 21.. Issued 2021-11-02 19:32Z. 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 19.348, -83.818. 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
- 2021-11-02 19:32Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2021-11-05 19:32Z
- authority
- SOHIA N 021843Z NOV 21.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- SOHIA N
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 19.348, -83.818
- vessel
- BARGE MGM · 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 BARGE MGM 3001, GREY HULL, REPORTED PARTIALLY SUBMERGED AND ADRIFT IN 19-20.9N 083-49.1W AT 021750Z NOV. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 051932Z NOV 21.
Reading this warning
- Derelict
- An abandoned vessel still afloat and drifting, with no one on board.
- Semi-submerged
- Floating at or just below the surface, so hard to see by eye or radar.
- 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
16 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 21-35.50N 084-59.40W at 241200Z apr2023-04-24
- Derelict 15 foot vessel, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 16-43.78N 084-39.55W at 011413Z sep2022-09-01
- Derelict vessel ts 42, white hull, partially submerged and adrift in 16-43.78N 084-39.55W at 222100Z jul2022-07-24
- Derelict barge, red hull, reported partially submerged and adrift in 20-18.7N 083-35.5W at 292100Z oct2021-10-30
- Vessel disabled and adrift in 20-52.5N 085-18.9W2016-02-20
- M/V montevideo express disabled and adrift vicinity 20-30N 084-20W on 26 jan2015-01-28
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
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.