Six meter vessel overdue from jaluit atoll (05-55N 169-38E)
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2638/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-09-16 07:42Z
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) · JRCC HONOLULU 150652Z SEP 12.. Issued 2012-09-15 12:25Z. 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
- North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 5.917, 169.633. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2012-09-15 12:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC HONOLULU 150652Z SEP 12.
- issued by
- JRCC HONOLULU
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 5.917, 169.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. MARSHALL ISLANDS. SIX METER VESSEL OVERDUE FROM JALUIT ATOLL (05-55N 169-38E). VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC HONOLULU, TELEX: 392401, PHONE: 808 535 3333, FAX: 808 535 3338, E-MAIL: JRCCHONOLULU@USCG.MIL.
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)
48 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- 37 foot S/V engrid, white hull, one person on board, overdue marshall islands (07-07.0N 171-04.0E) to malaysia2026-07-31
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-50.73N 171-30.70E at 110255Z may2023-05-12
- Vessel, three persons on board, taking on water in 05-42.00N 171-36.00E at 100619Z jan2023-01-10
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 06-45.50N 172-02.30E at 020637Z aug2022-08-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V jerbal2022-05-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-52.80N 168-57.90E at 071953Z may2022-05-07
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 2026-10-02 08:56Z; 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.