Incidents · disabled

47.3 meter F/V shivam, 22 persons on board, disabled and adrift in 23-52N 063-24E on 20 mar

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 831/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-03-31 09:57Z

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 MUMBAI 220546Z MAR 12.. Issued 2012-03-22 18:39Z. 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
Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 23.867, 63.400. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued
2012-03-22 18:39Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC MUMBAI 220546Z MAR 12.
issued by
MRCC MUMBAI
sea
Arabian Sea
position
23.867, 63.400
vessel
F/V SHIVAM
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
47.3 METER F/V SHIVAM, 22 PERSONS ON BOARD, DISABLED
AND ADRIFT IN 23-52N 063-24E ON 20 MAR. VESSELS
IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT,
ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRSC KOCHI,
PHONE: 91 484 221 8969, FAX: 91 484 221 7164,
E-MAIL: DHQ4@INDIANCOASTGUARD.NIC.IN.

Reading this warning

Persons on board (POB)
The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
Adrift
Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
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.
MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.

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

36 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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Record snapshot 2026-09-30 01:43Z; source collection times vary.

Incidents

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