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BOLO for FV Big Bro Overdue St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets As of January 3, 2022 - MRCC Fort de France advises this is an active lookout for FV Big Bro. MRCC Fort de France has issued a lookout for FV Big Bro which is overdue Castries Harbor, Saint Lucia, Eastern Caribbean. FV Big Brow has two persons on board and is a 24 foot vessel with a blue hull. Vessels in the vicinity are...
SV Verdad Missing South Coast of Dominican Republic
UPDATE: January 4, 2022 The owner is now on board SV Verdad but it has not yet been released by the Armada. A freighter notified the Armada that the boat was drifting 33 miles south of Santo Domingo. The Armada then towed the boat in. The owner does not know if the boat drifted from its mooring or was stolen. When the owner was able to look at his boat he found, it had been ransacked, all tools,...
MV Strong Trinity with 11 Crew Missing Since Cyclone Odette Cebu, Philippines
UPDATE from the families March 21, 2022 "I have sent an email looking forward for helping us to find the missing tugboat. MV STRONG TRINITY. The incident happened during the Super Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines last December 16, 2021. Until now all of the 11 crews were still missing. Hope you can help us. 11 LIVES MATTER."The families of 11 Missing Crew from MV Strong Trinity are seeking any...
Urgent Bolo for Man Overboard Yucatan Channel
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets URGENT BOLO FOR MAN OVERBOARD FROM TANKER IN YUCATAN CHANNEL. On 20 Dec 2021, sometime between morning and noon, a 31 year old worker on the tanker City Island went overboard near position 22-00N / 085-00 W in the Yucatan Channel. The current water temperature in the 80's would permit a person to survive between 96 and 100...
Non Emergency Bolo For SV Nima/SV Lime N Liza St. Martin to St. Augustine
Cancel Bolo - USCG RCC Miami advised SV has arrived safely in St. Augustine, Florida.RCC Miami has issued a BOLO for SV Nima or named Lime-N-Liza on passage from St. Martin to St. Augustine. It left St. Martin on Dec. 13 with 4 persons on board. The boat is a 42 foot Lagoon Catamaran and is French flagged. Report any sightings to RCC Miami or nearest USCG.
Epirb Activated 569 NM Off Barbados
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets On December 17, 2021, a EPIRB was activated at 13-21-00N 049-47-50W AT 162315Z, which is 569 NM East of Barbados registered to a 17 Meter Vessel Oceans Carisma. Boatwatch determined that the vessel and the owner of Oceans Carisma are safely in Trinidad. The owner advised that he threw the EPIRB in a dumpster in Trinidad 10...
Boat Found Drifting off Carriacou with Dead Bodies
by The New Today December 12, 2021 A small boat with about three to four bodies believed to be Hispanics has been discovered in the waters off Grenada’s sister island of Carriacou. According to a well-placed source, the boat was found drifting by a fisherman from Petite Martinique in waters just outside Carriacou around the Gun Point area and heading towards the capital city of Hillsborough. “I...
BOLO for F/V “Nahoa” in Distress Near Hawaii
UPDATE: December 08, 2021 9:39 AM Eastern JRCC Honolulu has confirmed the vessel to not be in distress. Bolo canceled.Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets DISTRESS SIGNAL RECEIVED ON 406 MHZ FROM "F/V NAHOA " on December 08, 2021 at 11:15 UTC at location 19-40N 157-21W. The MMSI of this fishing vessel is 367 780 410 and the LOA is 25 meters. VESSELS IN VICINITY...
BOLO for Stolen Boat, MV “Gina Page”, Pompano Beach Florida
This boat was stolen in Pompano Beach Florida in September 2021. Report any sightings or information to the Sheriff's office, Detective Hopkins or to the nearest police department. It is a 2005 Edge Water with the name "Gina Page" on both sides.
Distress Call Relayed Over HF SSCA Radio KPK, Papua, New Guinea, South Pacific
Broadcast Version For Maritime Mobile Service Network and Other Nets UPDATE: November 7, 2021 10:18 Eastern 050812Z DEC 21 HYDROPAC 3506/21(73). BISMARCK SEA. PAPUA NEW GUINEA. DNC 05. 23 FOOT VESSEL CAPSIZED IN VICINITY 03-02.22S 142-06.72E ON 04 DEC. NUMEROUS PERSONS REMAIN MISSING. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO JRCC AUSTRALIA, PHONE: 612...