Papua new guinea
Bismarck Sea · HYDROPAC 2098/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-07-30 09:22Z
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) · AUSSAR 4763/11 240229Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-24 15:42Z. 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
- Bismarck Sea. The parsed report position is -5.383, 145.958. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2011-07-24 15:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- AUSSAR 4763/11 240229Z JUL 11.
- issued by
- AUSSAR
- sea
- Bismarck Sea
- position
- -5.383, 145.958
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BISMARCK SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. SIX METER VESSEL OVERDUE MADANG (05-14S 145-47E) TO BASAMUK (05-32S 146-08E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
Reading this warning
- Overdue vessel
- A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
178 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Man overboard from seven meter vessel, capsized and adrift in vicinity 05-38.40S 147-42.80E2024-04-12
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, five persons on board, overdue madang (05-13.00S…2024-03-15
- Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, disabled and adrift between siassi island (05-50.58S…2024-03-15
- Seven meter vessel, yellow hull, three persons on board, overdue bagabag island (04-47.10S 146-15.40E) to…2024-02-11
- Five persons overboard from vessel capsized and adrift in vicinity 02-52.90S 146-21.80E2024-01-25
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, six persons on board, overdue karkar island (04-36.00S…2024-01-23
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
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 00:46Z; 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.