Man overboard from M/V maersk marathon vicinity 12-32.1N 043-25.5E at 010255Z jan
Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 5/08
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2008-02-16 08:34Z
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) · JRCC PIRAEUS 020600Z JAN 08.. Issued 2008-01-02 06:56Z. 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
- Gulf of Aden. The parsed report position is 12.535, 43.425. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2008-01-02 06:56Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- JRCC PIRAEUS 020600Z JAN 08.
- issued by
- JRCC PIRAEUS
- sea
- Gulf of Aden
- position
- 12.535, 43.425
- vessel
- M/V MAERSK MARATHON
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
MAN OVERBOARD FROM M/V MAERSK MARATHON VICINITY 12-32.1N 043-25.5E AT 010255Z JAN. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC PIRAEUS.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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)
19 within 180 nm since 1998 · 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.
- Vessel capsized in 11-58.90N 044-44.22E at 081237Z jul2023-07-08
- Vessel sinking and 11 persons on board abandoning ship in 14-53.10N 041-49.45E2022-10-18
- Distress signal received from vessel asad alden in 12-37.3N 045-59.0E2017-09-04
- Derelict vessel capsized and adrift in 11-51.4N 043-54.9E2015-06-16
- Three men overboard from capsized F/V vicinity 14-23.00N 042-04.00E at 290930Z mar2015-03-29
- Three men overboard from capsized F/V vicinity 14-23N 042-04E at 290930Z mar2015-03-29
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 2026-09-24 21:37Z; 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.