F/V bisola on fire in 04-44N 005-15E
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 852/09
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2009-05-30 09:36Z
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 LAGOS 081655Z MAY 09.. Issued 2009-05-08 17:15Z. 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
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 4.733, 5.250. 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 Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2009-05-08 17:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC LAGOS 081655Z MAY 09.
- issued by
- MRCC LAGOS
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 4.733, 5.250
- vessel
- F/V BISOLA
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
F/V BISOLA ON FIRE IN 04-44N 005-15E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC LAGOS, INMARSAT-C: 492052551, PHONE: 234 1271 3622, FAX: 234 1271 3625.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
5 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.
- M/V approached in 02-44N 006-03E at 040555Z nov2020-11-07
- Reports of escaping gas in 03-52N 008-06E2007-04-03
- M/V high rider crew abandoning ship in vicinity 05-50N 003-15E at 070123Z feb2007-02-07
- Pipelaying operations in progress until further notice by barge LB200 along trackline between 04-12.0N…2002-09-29
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
- Newly discovered dangersWrecks · 109.9 nm
- Dangerous wreck in 04-18.50N 007-02.20EWrecks · 109.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
21 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:47Z; 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.