MPB-85693619
SÉCURITÉDrifting navigation light beacon reported near Kinmen (Tashan-Kinmen Bridge vicinity)
ActiveReceived 27 Oct 2026, 00:00 UTC
Warning text
Positions open on the mapNAVIGATIONAL WARNING (CENTRAL REGION) – DRIFTING NAVIGATION LIGHT BEACON OFF KINMEN
Source：According to the report received from the 12th Patrol District of the Coast Guard Administration, Ocean Affairs Council, at 08:55 on October 27, 2026.
According to a report from the Kinmen Coast Guard Duty Command Center, a drifting navigation light beacon was sighted in the vicinity of position 24-24.81N 118-16.35E. The beacon is drifting northward from the Tashan area towards the Kinmen Bridge.
All vessels navigating in the vicinity are advised to maintain a proper lookout, exercise caution, and keep clear of the drifting beacon.
MPB notice 333-SRY8105-20261027003
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ActiveA navigation light beacon was sighted adrift near 24-24.81N 118-16.35E, reported drifting northward from the Tashan area toward the Kinmen Bridge. All vessels in the vicinity are advised to keep a proper lookout and avoid the drifting beacon. No safety distance or end time is given.
Maintain a proper lookout, exercise caution and keep clear of the drifting beacon.
- Type
- Drifting object · severity moderate
- Feed
- Wrecks, obstructions and drifting objectsAll warnings of this kind on the map, or as an API feed.
- Location
- vicinity of 24-24.81N 118-16.35E (drifting northward from Tashan toward Kinmen Bridge)
- Validity
- From 27 Oct 2026, 00:55 UTC
According to the report ... at 08:55 on October 27, 2026. - Activity periods
- 27 Oct 2026, 00:55 UTC - ? (Drifting beacon sighted and currently adrift; no end time given.)
- Hazards
- drifting navigation light beacon, collision hazard to navigation
Contacts
- MPB notice 333-SRY8105-20261027003 · reference notice number from report
- 12th Patrol District of the Coast Guard Administration, Ocean Affairs Council · reporting authority
- Kinmen Coast Guard Duty Command Center · local reporting unit
Coast stations for this area
- RCCMRSC XiamenChina10 NM from the area
- RCCMRSC ShantouChina102 NM from the area
- RCCMRCC Hong KongHong Kong, China (Associate Member of IMO)260 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Xiamen RadioMRSC XiamenChinaMMSI 004122700VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM14 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Wenzhou RadioMRSC ShantouChinaMMSI 004123200MF 100range 100 NM109 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Fuzhou RadioMRCC FujianChinaMMSI 004122600VHF 25, MF 100range 100 NM112 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Chi-Lung (Keelung)TaiwanMMSI 004162019HF194 NM from the area
- DSCDSC Station Wenzhou RadioWenzhou HASChinaMMSI 004122500MF 100range 100 NM251 NM from the area
Worked out automatically from the warning text on 27 Oct 2026, 03:37 UTC. It can be wrong: the official warning text is the authority.
Keywordskeep clear of