Distress signal received vicinity 44-46S 163-09E
Tasman Sea · HYDROPAC 342/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-03-05 09:20Z
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) · MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 33/01 020130Z MAR 01 POR EGC 968. Issued 2001-03-02 03:22Z. 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
- Tasman Sea. The parsed report position is -44.767, 163.150. 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
- Numerous containers adrift vicinity 35-40N 155-13E at 050130Z marlater cancellation notice
- issued
- 2001-03-02 03:22Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARITIME OPS NEW ZEALAND 33/01 020130Z MAR 01 POR EGC 968
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- Tasman Sea
- position
- -44.767, 163.150
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED VICINITY 44-46S 163-09E. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND, INMARSAT-C: 451200067, PHONE: 644 914 5663, FAX: 644 914 5520.
Reading this warning
- 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)
22 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.
- F/V k cee sank vicinity secretary island (45-15S 166-55E)2012-04-30
- Distress signal in 46-10S 166-38E2010-12-22
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 46-28S 165-40E2010-01-13
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz vicinity 45-34S 166-36E2008-02-27
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 45-28S 166-26E2008-02-20
- Distress signal received on 121.5 mhz in 46-39S 163-46E2007-06-27
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 20:17Z; 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.