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M/V new diamond, suffered fire in engine room and request assistance in 06-53.60N 082-14.01E at 040330Z sep

Bay of Bengal · HYDROPAC 2578/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-09-05 04:22Z

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) · MRCC COLOMBO 040349Z SEP 20.. Issued 2020-09-04 03:57Z. 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
Bay of Bengal. The parsed report position is 6.893, 82.234. 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 Bay of Bengal →

issued
2020-09-04 03:57Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC COLOMBO 040349Z SEP 20.
issued by
MRCC COLOMBO
sea
Bay of Bengal
position
6.893, 82.234
vessel
M/V NEW DIAMOND · 16 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

BAY OF BENGAL.
SRI LANKA.
DNC 03.
M/V NEW DIAMOND, SUFFERED FIRE IN ENGINE ROOM
AND REQUEST ASSISTANCE IN 06-53.60N 082-14.01E
AT 040330Z SEP. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC COLOMBO,
PHONE: 941 1244 5368,
FAX: 941 1244 1454, 941 1244 9718,
E-MAIL: NHQDNO@YAHOO.COM,
MRCCCOLOMBO@GMAIL.COM.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · other warnings

15 within 180 nm since 2002 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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 04:34Z; source collection times vary.

Other

Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →

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