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Vessel requesting assistance in vicinity 33-03N 014-42E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2913/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-09-25 16:33Z

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) · MRCC ROME 250156Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-25 03:47Z. 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
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 33.050, 14.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2020-09-25 03:47Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC ROME 250156Z SEP 20.
issued by
MRCC ROME
sea
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position
33.050, 14.700
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
LIBYA.
DNC 09.
VESSEL REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN VICINITY
33-03N 014-42E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC LIBYA,
PHONE: 2182 1444 6799, 2182 1563 1578,
FAX: 2182 1360 6868, 2182 1444 6799,
E-MAIL: SAR@ANS.CAA.GOV.LY,
SALEM.ELKABIR@CAA.GOV.LY OR
INTERIM LIBYAN MRCC,
PHONE: 2182 1444 9488,
FAX: 2182 1444 9149, 2182 1444 9274,
E-MAIL: LCG.NAV.ROOM@GMAIL.COM, NHA@LTTNET.NET.

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.
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.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
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 · other warnings

61 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 22:22Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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.