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Distress Signal Received for Vessel in the Mediterranean Sea (SAR CASE 2332)

 We are alerting all vessels navigating in the specified area of a distress situation involving a boat with approximately 30 people on board. The last known position of the vessel is:

  • Latitude: 37° 40' N
  • Longitude: 018° 32' E
  • Course: 290 degrees
  • Speed: 6 knots (at 1207 UTC)

In accordance with the SOLAS and SAR Hamburg Conventions of 1979, we request that you maintain a sharp lookout and, upon visual contact with the vessel in distress, immediately report the information to the following competent authority: MRSC Reggio Calabria

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