Distress signal received in vicinity 20-00.00S 167-15.00W
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2853/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-09-05 15:21Z
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) · MNZ 105/23 051321Z SEP 23.. Issued 2023-09-05 13:31Z. 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 -20.000, -167.250. 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
- Distress signal received in vicinity 20-01.00S 167-25.00Wlater cancellation notice
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 2853/23 · this notice2023-09-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2854/232023-09-05 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-09-05 13:31Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 105/23 051321Z SEP 23.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -20.000, -167.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED IN VICINITY 20-00.00S 167-15.00W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT: 451200067, E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.
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.
- Distress signal received
- A rescue centre has received an alert — from a beacon, a radio call or a satellite terminal — and is asking ships to look.
- 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.
- Inmarsat-C / SafetyNET
- The satellite system that carries NAVAREA warnings to ships at sea, and the terminal number rescue centres give for reports.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
21 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.
- Distress signal received in vicinity 20-01.00S 167-25.00W2023-09-05
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 17-55.4S 168-17.8W at 072224Z feb2021-02-07
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from 12 meter vessel ki in vicinity 19-04S 169-43W2019-07-29
- Distress signal received from F/V xin shi ji 215 in vicinity 17-42.41S 168-12.06W2019-04-21
- Distress signal received on from F/V xin shi ji 215 in vicinity 17-41.5S 169-14.3W2019-04-21
- Distress signal received in vicinity 19-03.82S 169-51.70W2018-05-28
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 07:50Z; 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.