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Vessel sarchs perch, one person on board, disabled and adrift in 06-14.28N 080-18.09W

North Pacific Ocean · NAVAREA XII 26/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-02-03 17:23Z

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) · PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/23 160042Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-16 00:48Z. 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
North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 6.238, -80.302. 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 messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. NAVAREA XII 24/232023-01-15 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA XII 26/23 · this notice2023-01-16 · Archived notice
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issued
2023-01-16 00:48Z
status
Archived notice
authority
PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/23 160042Z JAN 23.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XII
issued by
PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
6.238, -80.302
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
PANAMA.
1. VESSEL SARCHS PERCH, ONE PERSON ON BOARD,
   DISABLED AND ADRIFT IN 06-14.28N 080-18.09W.
   VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO
   KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE.
   REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
2. CANCEL NAVAREA XII 24/23.

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.
Cancellation reference
A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.

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

52 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 00:12Z; 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) →

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