Man overboard from vessel ping tai rong 39 in 06-40.50S 163-35.50W at 021300Z feb
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 378/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-03 16:33Z
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 21/23 030129Z FEB 23.. Issued 2023-02-03 01:34Z. 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 -6.675, -163.592. 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 376/232023-02-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 378/23 · this notice2023-02-03 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2023-02-03 01:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MNZ 21/23 030129Z FEB 23.
- issued by
- MNZ
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -6.675, -163.592
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH PACIFIC. DNC 06. MAN OVERBOARD FROM VESSEL PING TAI RONG 39 IN 06-40.50S 163-35.50W AT 021300Z FEB. REPORTS TO TAUPO MARITIME RADIO/ZLM ON SSB, VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO TAUPO MARITIME RADIO, 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.
- Man overboard
- Someone has gone into the water from a vessel; ships in the area are asked to look for them.
- 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.
- 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)
14 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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.
- Man overboard from M/V ping tai rong 39 in 06-40.50S 163-35.50W at 021300Z feb2023-02-02
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-01.0S 164-27.8W at 061627Z apr2019-04-06
- M/V sonne reports crewman requiring medical assistance in 05-32.63S 166-18.76W2012-12-09
- Distress signal received in 05-36S 162-13W at 161404Z oct2012-10-16
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz in 04-35.3S 164-08.1W at 011342Z jul2012-07-01
- Man overboard from F/V hung yi in 05-43S 161-35W at 041000Z aug2011-08-05
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 22:12Z; 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.