Seven meter vessel, orange and white hull, four persons on board, disabled and adrift in vicinity 04-34.00S…
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2796/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-15 14:30Z
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 AUSTRALIA 0/23 301404Z AUG 23.. Issued 2023-08-30 14:31Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -4.567, 154.200. 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
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 2796/23 · this notice2023-08-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3085/232023-09-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3165/232023-10-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-08-30 14:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC AUSTRALIA 0/23 301404Z AUG 23.
- issued by
- JRCC AUSTRALIA
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -4.567, 154.200
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. SEVEN METER VESSEL, ORANGE AND WHITE HULL, FOUR PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN VICINITY 04-34.00S 154-12.00E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC PORT MORESBY, PHONE: 675 7351 7017, E-MAIL: PNGMRCC@NMSA.GOV.PG OR JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612 6230 6811, FAX: 612 6230 6868, E-MAIL: RCCAUS@AMSA.GOV.AU.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- 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)
183 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.
- 15 foot vessel, white hull, two persons on board, overdue in vicinity matsungan island (05-23.30S 154-34.57E)2024-03-20
- Seven meter vessel, white and orange hull, 14 persons on board, overdue mono island (07-21.1S 155-33.1E) to…2024-02-08
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with yellow stripes, six persons on board, overdue feni island (04-05.02S…2024-01-29
- Seven meter vessel, white hull with orange stripe, three persons on board, overdue tanga island (03-22.50S…2023-12-28
- Six meter vessel, white hull with orange stripes, two persons on board, unreported2023-12-06
- Seven meter vessel, white hull, three persons on board, overdue buka (05-12.00S 154-31.00E) at 241800Z sep…2023-09-27
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 04:36Z; 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.