Incidents · overdue

F/V, one person on board, unreported

Andaman or Burma Sea · HYDROPAC 2881/18

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2018-08-24 11:08Z

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 PORT BLAIR 081651Z AUG 18.. Issued 2018-08-08 17:11Z. 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: Andaman or Burma Sea. The parsed report position is 12.950, 93.083. 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 Andaman or Burma Sea →

issued: 2018-08-08 17:11Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MRCC PORT BLAIR 081651Z AUG 18.
issued by: MRCC PORT BLAIR
sea: Andaman or Burma Sea
position: 12.950, 93.083
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ANDAMAN SEA.
ANDAMAN ISLANDS.
DNC 03.
F/V, ONE PERSON ON BOARD, UNREPORTED.  LAST KNOWN
POSITION IN VICINITY 12-57N 093-05E ON 04 AUG.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC PORT BLAIR,
TELEX: 441908010,
PHONE: 9131 9224 5530,
FAX: 9131 9224 2948,
E-MAIL: MRCC-PTB@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.

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.
Last known position: The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

31 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

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 2026-09-25 00:00Z; 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) →

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