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Nine meter vessel, brown timber hull, 11 persons onboard, disabled and adrift due to engine failure in…

Vitiaz Strait · Papua New Guinea · HYDROPAC 319/20

issued: 2020-01-28 15:19Z
status: cancelled 2020-01-29 22:14Z (archive)
authority: JRCC AUSTRALIA 725/20 281503Z JAN 20.
sea: Bismarck Sea
position: -5.442, 145.983
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

VITIAZ STRAIT.
PAPUA NEW GUINEA.
DNC 05.
NINE METER VESSEL, BROWN TIMBER HULL,
11 PERSONS ONBOARD, DISABLED AND ADRIFT DUE TO
ENGINE FAILURE IN VICINITY 05-26.5S 145-59.0E
AT 280900Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED
TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA,
PHONE: 612 6230 6811,
E-MAIL: [email protected],
OR MRCC PORT MORESBY,
PHONE: 675 7351 7017,
E-MAIL: [email protected].

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Cancel HYDROPAC 319/20 and this msg, vessel located safecancelled by · 2020-01-29

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