Vessel km kalimas 4, blue hull, six persons on board, unreported
Arafura Sea · HYDROPAC 3634/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-03-25 12:51Z
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) · RCC BASARNAS 141408Z DEC 21.. Issued 2021-12-14 15:25Z. 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
- Arafura Sea. The parsed report position is -5.256, 137.479. 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.
- HYDROPAC 3634/21 · this notice2021-12-14 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3766/212021-12-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3772/212021-12-30 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2021-12-14 15:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- RCC BASARNAS 141408Z DEC 21.
- issued by
- RCC BASARNAS
- sea
- Arafura Sea
- position
- -5.256, 137.479
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARAFURA SEA. INDONESIA. DNC 05. VESSEL KM KALIMAS 4, BLUE HULL, SIX PERSONS ON BOARD, UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN POSITION IN VICINITY 05-15-22S 137-28-45E AT 112200Z DEC. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC BASARNAS, PHONE: 6221 6586 7510, FAX: 6221 6586 7512, E-MAIL: KAGAHAR@BASARNAS.GO.ID, KAGAHAR@YAHOO.COM, KAGAHAR@GMAIL.COM.
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.
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
- 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.
- RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre)
- The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
21 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 km lomba 02, blue and white hull, nine persons on board, unreported2024-03-11
- Man overboard from M/V sabuk nusantara 114 in 06-49.80S 138-23.85E at 100300Z apr2023-04-13
- M/V mutia ladjoni 7 unreported2022-11-12
- M/V usaha baru, 18 persons on board, sinking in vicinity 05-00.00S 136-00.00E on 05 jul2022-07-06
- Vessel 85 pk, seven persons on board, unreported2021-12-30
- Vessel, blue hull, 13 persons on board, unreported primapun (06-17-36S 138-25-44E) to agats (05-32-08S…2021-08-09
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 00:24Z; 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.