Man overboard from M/V hanjin london vicinity of trackline between 30-42N 125-14E at 040001Z dec and 29-27N…
Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 2285/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-01-18 11:50Z
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) · JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC#42 041015Z DEC 02. Issued 2002-12-04 12:50Z. 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
- Eastern China Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Eastern China Sea →
- issued
- 2002-12-04 12:50Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JAPAN COAST GUARD POR EGC#42 041015Z DEC 02
- issued by
- JAPAN COAST GUARD POR
- sea
- Eastern China Sea
- position
- 30.075, 124.675
- vessel
- M/V HANJIN LONDON
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V HANJIN LONDON VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 30-42N 125-14E AT 040001Z DEC AND 29-27N 124-07E AT 040400Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JAPAN COAST GUARD.
Reading this warning
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
44 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.
- Distress signal received in 27-43N 123-30E at 272207Z aug2020-08-27
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz: at 251214Z jul in vicinity 30-36N 124-00E2020-07-25
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 27-23-52N 123-45-14E at 200955Z mar2019-03-20
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 27-28N 123-32E at 021953Z mar2019-03-02
- Distress signal received from M/V nord pyxis on 406 mhz in 32-40.5N 124-03.8E at 021104Z mar 192019-03-02
- Distress signal received at 211137Z feb in 31-48-02N 125-43-00E2019-02-21
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
- Large buoy reported to exist in 31-00N 124-00EWrecks · 65.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 05:08Z; 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.