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Barge manica alfa sunk vicinity 25-20S 033-20E at 250827Z jul

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1177/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-08-04 09:30Z

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) · NAVAREA VII 94/01 251949Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-25 20:42Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -25.333, 33.333. 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 Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2001-07-25 20:42Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 94/01 251949Z JUL 01
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -25.333, 33.333
vessel: BARGE MANICA ALFA
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BARGE MANICA ALFA SUNK VICINITY 25-20S 033-20E AT 250827Z JUL.
13 PERSONS OVERBOARD. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

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.
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.
Man overboard: Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

2 within 180 nm since 2001 · 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.

Container with hazardous materials adrift in 24-04.49S 035-48.45E2014-08-15

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

23 other warnings listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:00Z; 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.