Man overboard from F/V bv 92656 ts in 06-50N 106-40E at 272000Z mar
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1201/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-04-13 13:27Z
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 VIETNAM 281439Z MAR 18.. Issued 2018-03-28 14:58Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 6.833, 106.667. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 1165/18, 1168/18, 1194/18, 1195/18, 1201/18, 1208/18, 1212/18, 1215/18, 1240/18later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1201/18 · this notice2018-03-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1726/182018-05-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-03-28 14:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 281439Z MAR 18.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 6.833, 106.667
- vessel
- F/V BV · 101 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. DNC 11. MAN OVERBOARD FROM F/V BV 92656 TS IN 06-50N 106-40E AT 272000Z MAR. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.
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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
676 within 180 nm since 1999 · 4 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.
- Man overboard from vessel bot pukat jerut jhfa in 06-21.23N 103-55.05E at 151500Z aug2026-08-18
- Man overboard from F/V bv 0340 ts at 140810Z apr in 06-45.00N 107-03.00E2026-04-15
- Man overboard from F/V bv 96567 ts in 08-27.00N 106-43.00E at 230730Z nov2025-11-23
- Distress signal received from vessel in 08-45.00N 107-45.00E2025-11-20
- Man overboard from F/V bv 92567 ts in 07-38.00N 107-31.00E2025-02-05
- Distress signal received on 406MHZ in 04-27.20N 107-43.80E at 161437Z nov2024-11-17
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 91.5 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 107.9 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-25 00:56Z; source collection times vary.
Incidents
Search-and-rescue broadcasts, published only once a case has been closed for 30 days: groundings, sinkings, capsizes, fires, man overboard, overdue vessels. Nothing here is live. All current distress & casualty cases (archived) →
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.