Incidents · overdue

Vessel kesako unreported

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3656/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-12-22 14:50Z

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) · MNZ 128/22 220829Z DEC 22.. Issued 2022-12-22 08:52Z. 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 Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -6.413, -172.513. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Original warning text

SOUTH PACIFIC.
DNC 06.
VESSEL KESAKO UNREPORTED. LAST KNOWN
POSITION IN 06-24.80S 172-30.80W. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MARITIME OPERATIONS NEW ZEALAND,
INMARSAT-C: 451200067,
E-MAIL: MARITIME@KORDIA.CO.NZ.

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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)

15 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

12 meter S/V kesako unreported2022-12-23
Vessel kesako unreported2022-12-22
Distress signal received on 406 mhz in vicinity 05-30S 170-45W2022-02-13
Distress signal received in 08-33.4S 172-31.2W2017-10-31
Distress signal received on 406 mhz from vessel glory pacific vicinity 05-41.93S 171-07.00W2015-10-24
16 foot vessel, three persons on board, unreported vicinity nukunonu atol (09-10.1S 171-48.6W)2015-09-29

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 2026-10-03 06:16Z; 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) →

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