999 ton M/V an phu 868, flooding in 10-29.5N 107-49.6E
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 3384/18
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2018-10-05 15:45Z
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 VIETNAM 180032Z SEP 18.. Issued 2018-09-18 01:10Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 10.492, 107.827. 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 South China Sea →
- issued
- 2018-09-18 01:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 180032Z SEP 18.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 10.492, 107.827
- vessel
- M/V AN PHU 868 · 5 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. VIETNAM. DNC 11. 999 TON M/V AN PHU 868, FLOODING IN 10-29.5N 107-49.6E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN.
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.
- 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.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
45 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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.
- F/V sg 66014 ts sunk in 10-02.08N 106-57.98E2026-08-29
- Two life rings and two life jackets reported adrift in vicinity 08-01.43N 108-41.15E at 260748Z oct2023-10-26
- One person overboard from F/V bth 86436 ts in 10-47.75N 108-08.60E at 121715Z mar2023-03-13
- Two persons overboard from F/V in 10-19N 108-01E2022-03-03
- F/V py 94477 ts, four persons abandoned ship in vicinity 11-53N 109-35E at 050755Z aug2021-08-05
- F/V tg 92399TS flooding in 08-40N 106-21E at 040300Z may2021-05-04
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 7.6 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 7.6 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 21:38Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.