Vessel, blue hull, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 34-05.00N 011-42.00E at 080016Z mar
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 482/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-22 14:47Z
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) · JRCC LIBYA 211/24 081658Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-08 17:13Z. 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 34.083, 11.700. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Vessel, blue hull, 50 persons on board, requesting assistance in 34-02.00N 011-46.00Ecancelled by this notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 243/242024-02-03 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 345/242024-02-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 361/242024-02-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 455/242024-03-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 478/242024-03-08 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 482/24 · this notice2024-03-08 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2024-03-08 17:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC LIBYA 211/24 081658Z MAR 24.
- issued by
- JRCC LIBYA
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 34.083, 11.700
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. TUNISIA. DNC 08. 1. VESSEL, BLUE HULL, 50 PERSONS ON BOARD, REQUESTING ASSISTANCE IN 34-05.00N 011-42.00E AT 080016Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE, REPORTS TO JRCC LIBYA, PHONE: 2189 1034 9739, 2182 1444 9149, E-MAIL: LCG.OPS.RM@MOD.GOV.LY, LMRCC.1@MOD.GOV.LY, LMRCC.2@MOD.GOV.LY OR MRCC ROME, PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409, EMAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 478/24.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
1227 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.
- Vessel, white hull, five persons on board, requesting assistance in vicnity 37-00.00N 012-00.00E2024-05-06
- Vessel, 30 persons on board, requesting assistance in vicinity 33-50.00N 012-34.00E at 052214Z apr2024-04-06
- Man overboard in vicinity 35-22.00N 011-56.00E at 281700Z mar2024-03-28
- Man overboard in 35-11.00N 012-04.00E at 230100Z mar2024-03-23
- Vessel, 75 persons on board, unreported2024-03-14
- Vessel, 100 persons on board, adrift2024-03-14
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 2026-10-01 23:02Z; 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) →
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.