M/V apl vancouver on fire in vicinity 11-28N 109-05E at 010808Z feb
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 386/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-02-12 23:31Z
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) · MRCC VIETNAM 010850Z FEB 19.. Issued 2019-02-01 16:03Z. 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 11.467, 109.083. 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
- M/V apl vancouver on fire in vicinity 11-42N 109-19E at 010135Z febcancelled by this notice
- Cancel HYDROPAC 386/19 and this msg, assistance no longer neededlater cancellation notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2019-02-01 16:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC VIETNAM 010850Z FEB 19.
- issued by
- MRCC VIETNAM
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 11.467, 109.083
- vessel
- M/V APL VANCOUVER · 3 messages
- 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. 1. M/V APL VANCOUVER ON FIRE IN VICINITY 11-28N 109-05E AT 010808Z FEB. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC VIETNAM, FAX: 8422 5398 1615, E-MAIL: HPLES-GMDSS@HPLES.COM.VN. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 369/19.
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.
- 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.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- GMDSS
- The Global Maritime Distress and Safety System: the internationally agreed set of radio services ships use for distress alerting and safety broadcasts.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · other warnings
40 within 180 nm since 1999 · 1 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 sg 66014 ts sunk in 10-02.08N 106-57.98E2026-08-29
- One person overboard from F/V bth 86436 ts in 10-47.75N 108-08.60E at 121715Z mar2023-03-13
- Two persons overboard from F/V in 10-19N 108-01E2022-03-03
- F/V py 94477 ts, four persons abandoned ship in vicinity 11-53N 109-35E at 050755Z aug2021-08-05
- Platform tam dao 02 reported on fire in 08-33.24N 108-46.48E2021-02-26
- M/V abandoning ship in 11-11N 111-11E at 202123Z oct2020-10-21
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
- Dangerous wreck in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 101 nm
- Sunken wreck exists in 10-22.31N 107-46.96EWrecks · 101 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
23 other warnings listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-29 16:56Z; source collection times vary.
Other
Everything the classifier did not place elsewhere. All current other warnings →
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.