Distress signal received from vessel in vicinity 08-46-23N 109-04-08E at 040851Z jan
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 36/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-01-22 13:58Z
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) · SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER 040949Z JAN 21.. Issued 2021-01-04 09:57Z. 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 8.773, 109.069. 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
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- HYDROPAC 3766/202020-12-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3777/202020-12-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3794/202020-12-22 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3804/202020-12-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3806/202020-12-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 36/21 · this notice2021-01-04 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2021-01-04 09:57Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER 040949Z JAN 21.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 8.773, 109.069
- 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. DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED FROM VESSEL IN VICINITY 08-46-23N 109-04-08E AT 040851Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO SINGAPORE PORT OPERATIONS CONTROL CENTER, TELEX: 20021, PHONE: 656 226 5539, FAX: 656 227 9971, E-MAIL: POCC@MPA.GOV.SG.
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.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
978 within 180 nm since 1998 · 8 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 bv 99079 ts, 15 persons on board, taking on water in 09-43.00N 108-33.00E at 240530Z aug2026-08-24
- M/V khoi nguyen 18 flooding and sinking in 09-00.00N 112-00.00E at 211538Z jul2026-08-17
- Man overboard from F/V bth 99564 ts in 10-01.00N 107-31.00E at 010230Z aug2026-08-01
- Man overboard from F/V nt 02073 ts in 10-43.00N 108-21.00E at 152300Z apr2026-04-17
- Man overboard from F/V bv 0340 ts at 140810Z apr in 06-45.00N 107-03.00E2026-04-15
- F/V kh 90026 ts, eight persons on board, unreported2026-01-12
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 78.3 nm
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-42.1N 107-55.8EWrecks · 93.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 14:48Z; 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.