Distress & casualty cases (archived) in 2018

Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live.

issued in 2018
2,031
still in force
0
vs 2017
-7%
first · last
01-01 · 12-31

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC1,367
  • HYDROLANT591
  • NAVAREA IV41
  • NAVAREA XII22
  • HYDROARC10

Where · top seas

South China Sea38628%
North Pacific Ocean27119%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin19514%
North Atlantic Ocean16112%
South Pacific Ocean755%
South Atlantic Ocean745%
Caribbean Sea624%
Indian Ocean624%
Philippine Sea604%
Coral Sea483%

All distress & casualty cases (archived) issued in 2018 · 2,031

  1. HYDROLANT 75/182018-01-07 → 2018-01-26
    Vessel, 140 persons on board, black hull, requesting assistance in 33-09N 013-50E at 070609Z jan
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  2. HYDROPAC 71/182018-01-07 → 2018-01-07
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz from five meter F/V, white hull, in 21-14.85S 151-41.00E at 070300Z jan
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  3. NAVAREA IV 22/182018-01-07 → 2018-01-07
    Cancel NAVAREA IV 17/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama
  4. HYDROPAC 70/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-10
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 09-28.6N 090-41.7W
    Eastern North Pacific
  5. HYDROLANT 70/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-20
    Vessel sank in 33-31N 013-48E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  6. HYDROPAC 69/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406.0 mhz from F/V min shi yu 6727, in 15-58.2N 156-47.9E at 061854Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  7. HYDROLANT 69/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-08
    F/V isamar V, four persons on board, unreported
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  8. NAVAREA IV 17/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-07
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity cristobal breakwater (09-23N 079-55W)
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama
  9. HYDROLANT 65/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-08
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 09-23N 079-55W
    Western Caribbean Sea · Panama
  10. HYDROLANT 64/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-06
    Vessel, 100 persons on board, requesting assistance in 33-27N 013-48E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  11. HYDROPAC 67/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-09
    Derelict seven meter vessel capsized and adrift in 22-22.6N 060-52.7E on 06 jan
    Arabian Sea · Oman
  12. HYDROPAC 63/182018-01-06 → 2018-01-06
    Distress signal received on 406.0 mhz from 11.5 meter M/V rumba-x, blue hull, three persons on board, in…
    Coral Sea · Australia-northeast Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 59/182018-01-05 → 2018-01-05
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 30-33.4S 153-04.3E at 051943Z jan
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  14. HYDROPAC 56/182018-01-05 → 2018-01-20
    M/V JUPITER/3EKD, 07 persons on board, sank in position 13-43N 109-16E
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  15. HYDROLANT 51/182018-01-05 → 2018-01-05
    Man overboard from vessel in vicinity 04-58.0S 035-15.4W on 04 jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-northeast Coast
  16. HYDROPAC 44/182018-01-05 → 2018-01-05
    Cancel HYDROPAC 8/18 and this msg, search suspended
    Flores Sea · Indonesia
  17. HYDROLANT 48/182018-01-04 → 2018-01-20
    Distress signal received from vessel whitia in 10-13.7N 060-15.5W
    Western North Atlantic · Trinidad
  18. HYDROPAC 40/182018-01-04 → 2018-01-20
    Seven meter M/V, white hull, eight persons on board, overdue anjouan island (12-12S 044-26E) to mayotte…
    Mozambique Channel · Western Indian Ocean · Camoros
  19. HYDROPAC 35/182018-01-04 → 2018-01-04
    Cancel HYDROPAC 33/18 and this msg, vessel located safe
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  20. HYDROLANT 36/182018-01-04 → 2018-01-20
    Aircraft, one person on board, possibly ditched in 23-43.34N 089-31.50W at 040009Z jan
    Gulf of Mexico
  21. HYDROPAC 33/182018-01-03 → 2018-01-04
    F/V qna 93799-TS, four persons on board, disabled, adrift, and flooding in 16-20N 108-23E at 031900Z jan
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  22. HYDROPAC 29/182018-01-03 → 2018-01-20
    Distress signal received from M/V hoa binh 36 in 07-33N 115-13E at 031742Z jan
    South China Sea
  23. HYDROPAC 25/182018-01-03 → 2018-01-20
    Distress signal received from vessel truong phat 01 in 06-41N 105-56E at 030634Z jan
    South China Sea
  24. HYDROPAC 24/182018-01-03 → 2018-01-05
    F/V nd 92268 ts, six persons on board, disabled and adrift in 17-32N 108-18E
    South China Sea
  25. HYDROPAC 18/182018-01-02 → 2018-01-09
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 17-04N 138-42E at 021640Z jan
    Philippine Sea
  26. HYDROPAC 15/182018-01-02 → 2018-01-02
    Cancel HYDROPAC 4642/17 and this msg, search suspended
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  27. HYDROPAC 12/182018-01-02 → 2018-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz at 020903Z jan in: a. 05-37.8N 170-57.5W
    North Pacific
  28. HYDROARC 1/182018-01-01 → 2018-01-01
    Distress signal received from 15 foot M/V, one persons on board, between ilulissat (69-13-00N 051-06-00W)…
    Davis Strait · Greenland
  29. HYDROPAC 3/182018-01-01 → 2018-01-02
    Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 22-02.53S 175-09.13W
    South Pacific · Tonga
  30. HYDROLANT 2/182018-01-01 → 2018-01-20
    Vessel, numerous persons on board, requesting assistance between zuwarah (32-56N 012-05E) and 34-00N 013-00E…
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya
  31. HYDROLANT 1/182018-01-01 → 2018-01-20
    Vessel, 70 persons on board, in need of assistance in 33-09N 012-00E at 010059Z jan 18
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Libya

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