Incidents · overdue

M/V simabe, dark blue hull, overdue in vicinity reunion island (20-50.86S 055-30.13E)

Indian Ocean · HYDROPAC 846/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-04-15 14:07Z

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 REUNION 302159Z MAR 22.. Issued 2022-03-30 22:09Z. 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
Indian Ocean. The parsed report position is -20.848, 55.502. 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
2022-03-30 22:09Z
status
Archived notice
authority
MRCC REUNION 302159Z MAR 22.
issued by
MRCC REUNION
sea
Indian Ocean
position
-20.848, 55.502
vessel
M/V SIMABE
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

INDIAN OCEAN.
REUNION.
DNC 03.
M/V SIMABE, DARK BLUE HULL, OVERDUE IN VICINITY
REUNION ISLAND (20-50.86S 055-30.13E).
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
REPORTS TO MRCC REUNION,
INMARSAT-C: 422799193,
PHONE: 2622 6243 4343,
FAX: 2622 6271 1595,
E-MAIL: REUNION@MRCCFR.EU.

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.
Overdue vessel
A vessel has not arrived when expected and has not been heard from; ships are asked to look out for it.
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.
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)

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

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 02:01Z; 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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