Incidents · overdue

98 meter M/V captain uskov, blue hull, unreported russia to hong kong

Eastern China Sea · HYDROPAC 317/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-04-05 08:50Z

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) · NAVAREA VIII 77/08 201003Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-20 16:01Z. 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
Eastern China Sea. The parsed report position is 31.667, 125.467. 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.

  1. HYDROPAC 169/082008-01-28 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 317/08 · this notice2008-02-20 · Archived notice
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issued
2008-02-20 16:01Z
status
Archived notice
authority
NAVAREA VIII 77/08 201003Z FEB 08.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Eastern China Sea
position
31.667, 125.467
vessel
M/V CAPTAIN USKOV · 2 messages
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

98 METER M/V CAPTAIN USKOV, BLUE HULL,
UNREPORTED RUSSIA TO HONG KONG. LAST KNOWN
POSITION 31-40N 125-28E. VESSELS IN VICINITY
REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT.
REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.

Reading this warning

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.

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

34 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 03:38Z; 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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