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Distress signal received from M/V bwek anholt in 25-58.00S 045-15.00W on 22 mar

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 596/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-12 16:10Z

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 SAO PAULO 0/24 221221Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-22 12:33Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -25.967, -45.250. 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: 2024-03-22 12:33Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC SAO PAULO 0/24 221221Z MAR 24.
issued by: MRCC SAO PAULO
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -25.967, -45.250
vessel: M/V BWEK ANHOLT
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 01.
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM M/V BWEK ANHOLT
IN 25-58.00S 045-15.00W ON 22 MAR.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC SAO PAULO,
PHONE: 5511 5080 4734, 5511 5080 4733, 5511 996 899 719,
EMAIL: MRCCSAOPAULO@MARINHA.MIL.BR.

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.
Distress signal received: A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
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.
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)

194 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.

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Man overboard from vessel in 25-16.54S 046-36.77W on 08 jan2024-01-09
Man overboard from vessel in 24-06.28S 045-07.53W at 300001Z dec2023-12-30
Vessel sinking2023-11-20
Man overboard from vessel in 25-10.00S 047-12.00W2023-11-16

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 2026-10-02 02:48Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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