Incidents · man_overboard

Man overboard from ferry vessel in vicinity of trackline joining 37-32.09N 015-07.46E at 031158Z dec and…

Ionian Sea · HYDROLANT 2801/23

What this record establishes

Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z

This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.

Source and dates: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC ROME 0/23 041529Z DEC 23.. Issued 2023-12-04 15:58Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
Location covered: Ionian Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Ionian Sea →

issued: 2023-12-04 15:58Z
status: Cancelled notice
authority: MRCC ROME 0/23 041529Z DEC 23.
issued by: MRCC ROME
sea: Ionian Sea
position: 37.833, 15.386
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z

Original warning text

IONIAN SEA.
SICILY.
DNC 09.
MAN OVERBOARD FROM FERRY VESSEL IN VICINITY OF
TRACKLINE JOINING 37-32.09N 015-07.46E AT
031158Z DEC AND 38-07.84N 015-38.84E. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC ROME,
PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409,
EMAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
Track line joining: Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Assist if possible: The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre): A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

205 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

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

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 16:32Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →

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