30 meter M/V atlantic 3, black hull, towing 96 meter barge atlantic 5, black hull, unreported to kintop,…
Makassar Strait · HYDROPAC 1025/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-06-26 09:24Z
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) · SPOCC 172032Z MAY 10.. Issued 2010-05-17 23:13Z. 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
- Makassar Strait. The parsed report position is 0.718, 117.256. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Makassar Strait →
- issued
- 2010-05-17 23:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SPOCC 172032Z MAY 10.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- Makassar Strait
- position
- 0.718, 117.256
- vessels
- M/V ATLANTIC 3 · 2 messagesBARGE ATLANTIC 5 · 2 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. INDONESIA. 1. 30 METER M/V ATLANTIC 3, BLACK HULL, TOWING 96 METER BARGE ATLANTIC 5, BLACK HULL, UNREPORTED TO KINTOP, INDONESIA (03-53S 115-06E). LAST KNOWN POSITION 05-19.2N 119-24.7E AT 092300Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT. REPORTS TO MRCC PUTRA JAYA, E-MAIL: MRCCPUTRAJAYA@MMEA.GOV.MY OR SINGAPORE PORT OPERATION CONTROL CENTER, PHONE: 656 226 5539, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 902/10.
Reading this warning
- Tow / towing
- A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
- 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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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.
- 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.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · tows
2 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.
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
0 tows listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 04:21Z; source collection times vary.
Towing
Vessels under tow with long or unlit tow lines. All current tows →
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.