ONBOARD SOS MEDITERRANEE Activities and observations of our rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean
August 22, 2023
10:30

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse, Sicily. 

August 16, 2023
13:24

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Syracuse, Sicily. 

August 14, 2023
19:42

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. 

08:24

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. 

August 12, 2023
18:32

Ocean Viking proceeds to Civitavecchia, Italy. 

August 10, 2023
13:53

Ocean Viking receives a VSAT call from ITMRCC and is instructed to proceed southwest of Lampedusa to assist open distress cases and await further instructions. 

11:39

Ocean Viking receives an email from ITMRCC designating Civitavecchia as the place of safety for the 55 survivors onboard.

August 7, 2023
07:58

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse, Italy. 

August 1, 2023
07:30

All lines made fast. The Ocean Viking docks in Syracuse, Italy, for maintenance.

July 29, 2023
18:09

Cast off. The Ocean Viking leaves the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. 

July 5, 2023
June 30, 2023
21:00

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Bari, Italy.

June 26, 2023
22:35

Ocean Viking ends the night drill and resumes navigation.

June 25, 2023
19:42

End of drills. All Rhibs are recovered on Ocean Viking.

12:50

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse for Rhibs trainings.

May 26, 2023
16:00

Ocean Viking arrives in Syracuse for port call.

May 22, 2023
May 21, 2023
10:20

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse towards the area of operations.

May 15, 2023
06:00

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Syracuse to shelter from bad weather.

May 12, 2023
14:45

Ocean Viking proceeds north to seek shelter due to degrading weather.

May 10, 2023
13:00

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

May 9, 2023
13:43

Ocean Viking calls ITMRCC to ask for an update on an open distress case reported earlier by Alarm Phone. Answer is that distress case being in Maltese SRR, they have no information to share.

13:41

Ocean Viking calls MTRCC to ask for an update on an open distress case reported earlier by Alarm Phone. Answer is that duty officer is busy and asks to send an email.

13:10

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.

May 5, 2023
12:38

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Syracuse, Sicily.

May 2, 2023
17:22

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Civitavecchia.

April 23, 2023
14:02

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Bari.

April 18, 2023
22:40

Drills completed.

20:20

Ocean Viking starts night drills at sea.

15:48

Drills completed.

14:03

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

April 17, 2023
20:00

Ocean Viking leaves Syracuse.

April 4, 2023
12:28

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Salerno.

March 18, 2023
19:36

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

16:18

Drills completed.

14:00

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

March 17, 2023
08:30

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse, Sicily.

February 18, 2023
12:43

Disembarkation of the 84 survivors onboard Ocean Viking starts in the port of Ravenna, Italy.

11:50

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Ravenna, Italy.

February 14, 2023
10:45

Ocean Viking informs ITMRCC with ETA for Ravenna port of disembarkation, sends requested information and changes course North

February 11, 2023
20:16

Drills completed.

15:50

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

07:04

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Trapani.

February 9, 2023
14:00

Ocean Viking arrives in Trapani, Italy, sheltering from bad weather.

10:33

Rhib drills completed.

08:29

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

February 7, 2023
18:00

Ocean Viking sets sail towards Sicily, to seek shelter from bad weather.

February 4, 2023
15:10

Ocean Viking starts drills at sea.

11:35

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.

February 2, 2023
07:49

Ocean Viking arrives in Syracuse, Italy.

January 22, 2023
12:41

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.

January 11, 2023
01:01

Disembarkation of the 37 survivors onboard Ocean Viking is completed in the port of Ancona, Italy.

November 12, 2022
October 27, 2022
October 25, 2022
October 23, 2022
October 22, 2022
04:11

All Rhibs are recovered onboard and MV Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

October 21, 2022
October 19, 2022
15:43

Rhibs drills complete.

October 18, 2022
September 5, 2022
19:18

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Taranto, Italy.

August 25, 2022
14:48

Ocean Viking resumes navigation and awaits further instructions.

07:30

Ocean Viking spots an empty blue wooden boat, adrift.

05:42

Ocean Viking resumes navigation and awaits further instructions.

August 24, 2022
19:36

Ocean Viking spots an empty wooden boat blue and white adrift.

17:24

Ocean Viking spots an empty large blue wooden boat adrift, without engine, in the vicinity of the last known distress position.

16:54

Ocean Viking spots a wooden boat, half submerged.

07:36

Ocean Viking spots a wooden boat adrift, empty, marked with “CP 13/xx/2022”.

August 22, 2022
16:36

Rhib training is completed, all rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

15:00

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea. All 3 Rhibs are in the water.

August 21, 2022
22:12

Rhib training is completed, all rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

20:30

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea. All 3 Rhibs are in the water.

16:00

Ocean Viking leaves anchorage in Syracusa, Italy.

August 3, 2022
11:02

Ocean Viking is moored in the port of Syracuse, Italy.

August 1, 2022
18:11

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Salerno, Italy.

July 23, 2022
17:40

Ocean Viking spots via binoculars a Libyan coastguard patrol vessel with survivors onboard.

17:30

Ocean Viking spots on radar a speeboat heading towards her coming from the location of the Maltese helicopter was circling.

12:56

Ocean Viking is approached by a Libyan coastguards patrol vessel. No contact is established.

July 22, 2022
08:20

Ocean Viking is approached by “Marine Detachment of Rahba al-Duru Bn” Rhib. No contact is established.

July 20, 2022
21:20

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea.

11:14

Rhib training are completed. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

09:16

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea. All Rhibs are in the water.

July 19, 2022
17:00

Drills are completed. All Rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

13:17

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea.

11:12

Rhib training is completed, all rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

08:39

Ocean Viking stops to perform drills at sea. All 3 Rhibs are in the water.

July 18, 2022
22:05

Helicopter evacuation drill is completed.

21:20

Italian Coast Guards calls Ocean Viking to perform helicopter evacuation drill from the Ocean Viking’s Helideck.

14:10

Ocean Viking departs from the port of Syracuse, Sicily.

July 8, 2022
09:30

Ocean Viking at berth in the port of Syracuse.

July 7, 2022
21:00

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Pozzallo.

July 6, 2022
16:30

Disembarkation stops. 140 survivors still onboard Ocean Viking.

09:35

Disembarkation of survivors starts.

09:00

Ocean Viking moors in the Port of Pozzallo.

July 4, 2022
21:35

All RHIBs are recovered on board, Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

July 3, 2022
21:53

All RHIBs recovered, Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 27, 2022
09:05

Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 26, 2022
16:20

Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

14:05

Ocean Viking alters course heading to the target.

14:00

Ocean Viking receives a call on channel 16 from a fishing vessel about a boat in distress.

June 24, 2022
17:10

Ocean Viking resumes navigation and waits for further instructions.

June 21, 2022
22:40

All Rhibs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 20, 2022
11:07

All Rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 19, 2022
17:10

All Rhibs are recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

14:30

Ocean Viking stops to conduct drills at sea.

11:17

All Rhibs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 18, 2022
May 17, 2022
17:06

Ocean Viking completes Rhibs trainings at sea.

May 16, 2022
22:08

Ocean Viking completes Rhibs trainings at sea.

16:42

Ocean Viking completes Rhibs trainings at sea.

May 15, 2022
17:00

Ocean Viking completes Rhib trainings at sea.

April 26, 2022
21:50

Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

April 23, 2022
09:24

Ocean Viking resumes patrol.

08:43

Ocean Viking stops to conduct Rhibs drills.

April 22, 2022
08:04

Ocean Viking departs from the port of Syracuse, Sicily.

March 29, 2022
March 28, 2022
15:38

Ocean Viking docks in the port of Augusta, Italy.

March 22, 2022
21:15

All RHIBs recovered. Training completed. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

19:18

Ocean Viking stops to perform night drills at sea.

13:42

Ocean Viking leaves Syracuse bay, Sicily

March 18, 2022
14:38

Ocean Viking docks in Syracuse, Sicily.

March 17, 2022
15:23

Drills complete, Ocean Viking recovers all RHIBs.

13:13

Ocean Viking stops to resume drills at sea.

11:08

Drills complete, Ocean Viking recovers all RHIBs.

08:30

Ocean Viking stops to conduct drills at sea.

March 15, 2022
13:55

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille.

February 20, 2022
February 12, 2022
15:00

Ocean Viking calls MTRCC to ask for updates and state her readiness to render assistance. MTRCC informs Ocean Viking that “Duty Officer is busy” and to please reach them via email.

February 11, 2022
February 9, 2022
14:00

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Trapani and goes to anchorage.

December 18, 2021
13:58

Ocean Viking spots an empty wooden boat in position 33 48,6 N 011 44,7 E

07:12

Ocean Viking spots an empty wooden boat in position 33 40,1 N 011 45,0 E

December 17, 2021
11:12

Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

December 13, 2021
20:46

Drill completed.

13:05

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.

December 5, 2021
16:21

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille.

October 30, 2021
14:05

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Augusta, Sicily.

October 27, 2021
18:12

Ocean Viking moors in the port of Augusta.

October 26, 2021
22:00

All RHIBs recovered. Training complete. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

15:15

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Naples.

October 5, 2021
18:30

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Augusta.

15:10

Ocean Viking is granted free pratique.

08:10

Ocean Viking is moored at Augusta port.

07:30

Ocean Viking’s anchor is up.

September 25, 2021
17:30

Ocean Viking is anchored in Augusta inner harbor roadster.

17:00

Ocean Viking leaves berth to move at the anchorage for quarantine.

15:38

Ocean Viking is notified of a 10-day quarantine ordered by Italian health authorities.

14:06

The disembarkation of the 122 survivors is completed.

10:46

The disembarkation of the 122 survivors starts in Augusta, Sicily.

September 24, 2021
22:00

Ocean Viking is moored in Augusta port.

20:56

Anchor is up, Ocean Viking is moving to berth.

15:05

Ocean Viking drops the anchor at the Augusta inner harbor.

September 23, 2021
19:25

Ocean Viking receives the instructions from ITMRCC to disembark the 122 survivors in Augusta, Italy.

September 20, 2021
September 16, 2021
21:35

All RHIBs recovered. Training complete. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

September 15, 2021
16:40

All RHIBs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

September 14, 2021
17:10

All RHIBs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

11:25

All RHIBs recovered. Training completed.

September 3, 2021
18:16

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Pozzallo, Sicily.

August 6, 2021
11:30

Ocean Viking sends a fifth request to ITMRCC (with MTRCC, LYJRCC and TNMRCC in copy) requesting assistance in finding a Place of Safety and facilitate a prompt disembarkation of all remaining 550 survivors.

July 24, 2021
17:15

All RHIBs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

10:48

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Augusta, Sicily.

July 8, 2021
July 2, 2021
July 1, 2021
June 29, 2021
16:30

All RHIBs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 28, 2021
18:47

All RHIBs recovered. Ocean Viking resumes navigation.

June 27, 2021
19:26

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille, France.

May 24, 2021
11:20

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Syracuse.

April 19, 2021
April 18, 2021
13:00

Ocean Viking leaves the port ot Syracuse, Italy, heading south to the central Mediterranean.

March 17, 2021
18:00

All RHIBs are recovered. The drill is completed.

March 13, 2021
21:40

All RHIBs are recovered. The drill is completed.

17:30

RHIBs and FRC are recovered. The drill is completed.

March 12, 2021
17:35

The drill is completed and RHIBs are recovered.

March 10, 2021
18:15

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille, France.

March 1, 2021
14:03

Ocean Viking moors in the port of Marseille, France.

February 26, 2021
19:17

Ocean Viking leaves Augusta, Sicily, to join the port of Marseille, France.

February 5, 2021
February 2, 2021
11:40

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Augusta, Sicily.

January 15, 2021
January 14, 2021
January 12, 2021
January 11, 2021
09:02

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille, France.

July 7, 2020
June 24, 2020
June 23, 2020
June 22, 2020
08:30

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Marseille

March 19, 2020
15:18

Navigation is resumed

March 18, 2020
February 17, 2020
February 16, 2020
February 15, 2020
08:00

Ocean Viking leaves port of Marseille

February 2, 2020
10:20

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Marseille

February 1, 2020
January 31, 2020
January 30, 2020
January 29, 2020
17:00

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Taranto towards the port of Marseille

January 22, 2020
07:45

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Pozzallo towards the central Med

January 11, 2020
January 7, 2020
08:18

Ocean Viking arrives in port of Termini Imerese (Sicily)

January 6, 2020
December 26, 2019
December 25, 2019
07:20

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Taranto towards the central Med

September 24, 2019
September 6, 2019
September 5, 2019
September 4, 2019
September 3, 2019
September 2, 2019
August 27, 2019
13:30

Ocean Viking arrives in Marseille for a port call

August 26, 2019
August 25, 2019
August 24, 2019
August 8, 2019
August 7, 2019
20:10

Ocean Viking is heading south towards Libyan Search and Rescue Region

18:58

Maltese Maritime Autorities informs Ocean Viking that bunkering into territorial waters is not permitted

14:45

Ocean Viking stops at 36°36.7’N, 013°36.6’E position to perform rescue simulation

August 6, 2019
August 5, 2019
August 4, 2019
October 4, 2018
10:17

Aquarius has arrived in Marseille for an extended port call

October 2, 2018
September 22, 2018
September 18, 2018
September 16, 2018
17:20

Aquarius resumes its voyage after drills completed

September 15, 2018
August 27, 2018
16:00

Aquarius arrives in Marseille

August 26, 2018
August 25, 2018
08:20

Aquarius resumes navigation towards Marseille

August 17, 2018
August 16, 2018
August 5, 2018
05:45

Aquarius reaches the patrolling area off the Libyan coast

August 4, 2018
August 3, 2018
August 2, 2018
August 1, 2018
June 29, 2018
June 25, 2018