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BOLO:January 8, 2021, at 9 PM, USCG RCC Norfolk confirmed that a man was overboard from the container ship, MV Baltic Klipper at
35-44N 041-30W.
This is 1,200 miles NE of Bermuda.
Lookout, assist if possible. The USCG is searching with a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Report any sighting to RCC Norfolk.
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UPDATE: January 9, 2021
Coast Guard searching for missing man 1,200 miles northeast of Bermuda
Portsmouth, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for a man who entered the water after he reportedly fell from the 541-foot refrigerated cargo ship, Baltic Klipper, approximately 1,200 miles northeast of Bermuda, Saturday morning.
Watchstanders from the Coast Guard Fifth District Command Center received a call from Portugal Maritime Rescue Coordination Center Ponta Delgada at approximately 12 a.m., notifying them that a man entered the water from the ship.
Fifth District Command Center watchstanders issued an Enhanced Group Call message requesting mariners to keep a lookout for the person in the water.
The Coast Guard is searching with an aircrew aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City and requesting the assistance of nearby vessels to search via the Automated Mutual-Assistance Vessel Rescue System.
Credit Stew Ahman, St Petersburg, FL
Anyone with information regarding the whereabouts of the man are asked to contact the fifth district command center at (757) 398-6390.
090056Z JAN 21
HYDROLANT 68/21(51).
NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 08.
MAN OVERBOARD IN 35-44N 041-30W AT 090015Z JAN.
VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP
LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO RCC
NORFOLK, PHONE: 757 398 6231, 757 398 6390,
FAX: 757 398 6392, E-MAIL: RCCNORFOLK@USCG.MIL,
D05-SMB-D5CC@USCG.MIL.