M/V sea voyager, nine persons on board, sank
Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 84/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-02-03 17:03Z
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 201633Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-20 16:55Z. 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
- Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.154, -76.378. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →
- issued
- 2023-01-20 16:55Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY 0/23 201633Z JAN 23.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA IV
- issued by
- PANAMA MARITIME AUTHORITY
- sea
- Caribbean Sea
- position
- 10.154, -76.378
- vessel
- M/V SEA VOYAGER
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CARIBBEAN SEA. COLOMBIA. M/V SEA VOYAGER, NINE PERSONS ON BOARD, SANK. FOUR PERSONS REMAIN MISSING. SEARCH AND RESCUE OPERATIONS IN PROGRESS IN VICINITY 10-09.25N 076-22.70W. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO ANY COASTAL RADIO STATION.
Reading this warning
- Persons on board (POB)
- The number of people reported aboard a vessel in distress, overdue or missing.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · distress & casualty cases (archived)
45 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Derelict M/V yasida capsized and adrift in 11-15.26N 074-17.65W2023-04-08
- Colombia to panama2022-07-31
- F/V amazonas, blue hull, 29 persons onboard, adrift and requesting assistance in 10-17.92N 077-11.05W on 30…2021-10-02
- Vessel, two persons on board, partially submerged and adrift in area bound by 11-10-17N 075-03-45W,…2021-02-09
- M/V carmen 1, ten persons on board adrift in area bound by 10-05.65N 078-38.96W, 10-10.16N 078-38.96W,…2021-01-28
- M/V carmen, ten persons on board, unreported2021-01-25
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
- M/V roswal sank in 08-40.88N 076-50.00WWrecks · 92.4 nm
- RACON at rio magdalena F-2 light 11-06.40N 074-51.30W inoperativeNav aids · 106.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 distress & casualty cases (archived) listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 20:44Z; 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.