Two vessels collide in the eastern Mediterranean Sea near Sicily at 36-27N 015-15E on April 22 at 0930 UTC; nearby vessels are asked to assist.
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 853/24
What this record establishes
Cancelled notice · 2026-08-14 18:10Z
This notice disappeared from the issuing source's in-force list. No explicit recovery or all-clear is established by that removal.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MRCC ROME 0/24 221202Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-22 12:19Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:41Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:50Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 36.450, 15.250. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →
- issued
- 2024-04-22 12:19Z
- status
- Cancelled notice
- authority
- MRCC ROME 0/24 221202Z APR 24.
- issued by
- MRCC ROME
- sea
- Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
- position
- 36.450, 15.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:41Z
Original warning text
EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA. SICILY. DNC 09. COLLISION BETWEEN 2 VESSELS IN 36-27.00N 015-15.00E AT 220930Z APR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC ROME, PHONE: 390 6592 4145, 3906 5908 4409, EMAIL: ITMRCC@MIT.GOV.IT.
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
73 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Three persons overboard in vicinity 35-22.76N 011-56.50E at 281730Z mar2024-03-29
- Naval operations 250600Z feb to 081800Z mar in area bound by 37-00.00N 011-00.00E, 39-00.00N 011-00.00E,…2024-02-20
- Two persons overboard from unknown vessel in vicinity 35-14.00N 012-13.00E at 011137Z feb2024-02-02
- Vessel requesting assistance in 36-27.00N 016-05.00E at 270630Z jul2023-07-27
- M/V bellatrix on fire2020-04-08
- Vessel in need of assistance in 37-22N 017-48E2016-03-29
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 17:20Z; 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.