Two men overboard from M/V benjamas naree vicinity 37-44N 005-03E at 011520Z dec
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin · HYDROLANT 2933/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-12-20 11:10Z
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 SINGAPORE 012109Z DEC 14.. Issued 2014-12-01 22:20Z. 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 - Western Basin. The parsed report position is 37.733, 5.050. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin →
- issued
- 2014-12-01 22:20Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC SINGAPORE 012109Z DEC 14.
- issued by
- MRCC SINGAPORE
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin
- position
- 37.733, 5.050
- vessel
- M/V BENJAMAS NAREE
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. ALGERIA. DNC 08. TWO MEN OVERBOARD FROM M/V BENJAMAS NAREE VICINITY 37-44N 005-03E AT 011520Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, PHONE: 65 6226 5539, FAX: 65 6227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG OR MRCC ALGERIA, PHONE: 213 2143 0178, FAX: 213 2171 4108, E-MAIL: MRCCALGIERS@MDN.DZ.
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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
15 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.
- Six persons overboard from vessel in vicinity 38-40.00N 007-25.00E at 190850Z nov2022-11-19
- Cap corbelin light 36-54.5N 004-25.5E operating on emergency light2021-11-09
- Helicopter ditched in 36-38-02N 002-37-04E2020-12-17
- Persons overboard from vessel in vicinity 38-55-29N 008-16-15E2018-11-19
- Pyrotechnics exercises 230630Z to 230830Z jun within five miles of 39-15N 005-38E2016-06-22
- Numerous contaniers adrift vicinity 37-48N 008-10E at 141127Z mar2013-03-15
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
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 19:47Z; 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.