ONBOARD SOS MEDITERRANEE Activities and observations of our rescue ship in the Central Mediterranean
August 14, 2023
13:33

Disembarkation in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy, of all 254 survivors from the Ocean Viking is completed. 

09:10

Disembarkation of the 254 survivors from the Ocean Viking starts in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. 

August 12, 2023
18:32

Ocean Viking proceeds to Civitavecchia, Italy. 

18:18

Ocean Viking leaves the port of Porto Empedocle, Italy. 

17:10

Disembarkation in the port of Porto Empedocle, Italy, of 369 survivors from the Ocean Viking is completed. 

14:38

Disembarkation of 369 survivors from the Ocean Viking starts in the port of Porto Empedocle, Italy. 

July 11, 2023
08:10

The disembarkation of survivors is completed in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy. 

06:34

Ocean Viking starts disembarkation of survivors. 

June 30, 2023
16:55

The disembarkation of all 86 survivors is completed in the port of Bari, Italy.

14:42

Ocean Viking is moored in the port of Bari.

May 2, 2023
11:08

Disembarkation in the port of Civitavecchia Italy, of all 168 survivors onboard Ocean Viking is completed.

08:15

Disembarkation of the 168 survivors onboard Ocean Viking starts in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy.

07:46

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Civitavecchia, Italy.

April 23, 2023
10:16

Disembarkation complete.

09:53

Disembarkation of the 29 survivors onboard Ocean Viking starts in Bari.

February 18, 2023
14:22

Disembarkation in the port of Ravenna, Italy, of all 84 survivors onboard Ocean Viking is completed.

January 29, 2023
19:33

Disembarkation in the port of Carrara, Italy, of all 95 survivors onboard Ocean Viking is completed.

17:00

Disembarkation of the 95 survivors onboard Ocean Viking starts in the port of Carrara, Italy.

15:35

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Carrara, Italy.

January 11, 2023
01:01

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

November 11, 2022
17:00

Disembarkation of the 230 remaining survivors onboard Ocean Viking is completed in the port of Toulon, France.

September 5, 2022
02:25

Ocean Viking completes disembarkation of 459 survivors in the port of Taranto, Italy.

September 4, 2022
10:06

Ocean Viking starts disembarkation of the 459 survivors in the port of Taranto, Italy.

09:05

Ocean Viking arrives in the port of Taranto, Italy.

August 1, 2022
14:33

Disembarkation of the 387 survivors is completed.

10:03

Disembarkation of the 387 survivors starts.

09:25

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

July 30, 2022
20:47

Ocean Viking receives an email from ITMRCC to inform of the designation of the port of Salerno, Italy, to disembark the 387 survivors onboard.

July 7, 2022
10:15

Disembarkation of the 140 remaining survivors over.

09:00

Disembarkation resumes.

July 6, 2022
16:30

Disembarkation stops. 140 survivors still onboard Ocean Viking.

09:35

Disembarkation of survivors starts.

May 31, 2022
15:25

The disembarkation of 294 survivors in Pozzallo, Sicily, is complete.

09:30

The disembarkation of survivors is resumed in Pozzallo, Sicily.

May 30, 2022
16:00

The disembarkation of survivors is stopped for the day.

10:15

The disembarkation of survivors in Pozzallo, Sicily, starts.

09:20

Ocean Viking docks in the port of Pozzallo, Sicily.

May 6, 2022
10:25

Disembarkation of 294 survivors in Pozzalo, Sicily, is completed.

09:15

The disembarkation process resumes.

May 5, 2022
16:00

The disembarkation process is suspended for the night. 165 survivors disembarked.

10:20

Disembarkation of the survivors starts.

09:30

The Ocean Viking docks in Pozzallo, Sicily.

March 29, 2022
09:15

The disembarkation of survivors is resumed in Augusta, Italy.

March 28, 2022
19:50

The disembarkation of survivors is stopped for the day. All unaccompanied minors are disembarked.

19:07

The disembarkation of survivors in Augusta, Italy, starts.

15:38

Ocean Viking docks in the port of Augusta, Italy.

February 20, 2022
10:55

The disembarkation of 247 survivors in Pozzallo, Sicily, is complete.

February 19, 2022
18:10

The disembarkation process is suspended for the night. 46 survivors disembarked.

11:15

Disembarkation of the survivors starts.

November 12, 2021
17:25

The disembarkation of 306 survivors is complete.

09:54

The disembarkation of survivors is resumed in Augusta, Sicily.

November 11, 2021
22:57

The disembarkation of survivors is officially stopped for the day.

15:15

The disembarkation of survivors in Augusta, Sicily, starts.

11:18

Ocean Viking moors in the port of Augusta, Sicily.

September 25, 2021
14:06

The disembarkation of the 122 survivors is completed.

10:46

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

August 11, 2021
13:55

Disembarkation of all survivors in the port of Pozzallo, Italy, is completed.

August 10, 2021
19:15

Another 199 shipwrecked people disembarked from Ocean Viking in Pozzallo, Italy. 56 survivors remain onboard.

August 9, 2021
08:40

Resumption of disembarkation in Pozzallo, Sicily.

August 8, 2021
20:00

Disembarkation suspended for the day. 97 survivors disembarked in total.

16:15

Disembarkation starts from the Ocean Viking.

11:00

Testing of survivors starts in Pozzallo, Sicily.

08:50

Ocean Viking docks in Pozzallo, Sicily

July 10, 2021
20:42

Disembarkation of all survivors in the port of Augusta, Italy, is over.

July 9, 2021
11:30

Disembarkation of survivors in the port of Augusta starts.

09:00

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

February 9, 2021
13:36

The disembarkation of all survivors onboard Ocean Viking is complete.

July 7, 2020
09:15

Harbour master instructs Ocean Viking to proceed to anchorage area for a 14-day quarantine.

03:12

All 180 survivors have disembarked from Ocean Viking

July 6, 2020
23:38

The 180 survivors start disembarking from Ocean Viking

22:40

Ocean Viking is moored in Porto Empedocle port

20:40

The Pilot is off Ocean Viking

20:28

Harbour master informs the Ocean Viking of a 14-day quarantine for the ship after disembarkation

20:00

The Ocean Viking is standing by a few meters from the berth

19:29

The pilot is onboard Ocean Viking.

18:09

Harbour master informs of pilot arrival time and that the results of the Covid-19 tests are awaited before proceeding with disembarkation

14:16

Health autorities requests Ocean Viking to send the health report of the survivors

February 23, 2020
January 29, 2020
January 27, 2020
15:30

Medevac completed. Patient and her 3 children on board Helicopter

Latitude: 36.277
Longitude: 13.830
January 21, 2020
December 23, 2019
December 22, 2019
October 30, 2019
09:50

Ocean Viking commences disembarkation of survivors

Latitude: 36.70
Longitude: 14.83
09:00

Ocean Viking arrives in Pozzallo Port

October 16, 2019
10:55

Disembarkation of survivors is completed

09:35

Ocean Viking commences disembarkation of survivors

09:00

Ocean Viking arrives in Taranto Port

Latitude: 40.47
Longitude: 17.22
September 24, 2019
August 23, 2019
August 22, 2019
August 21, 2019
August 19, 2019
18:40

Ocean Viking is standing by in the overlapping Italian and Maltese SRR in the international waters, at the position 36°18.7’N 013°23.7’E, waiting for further guidance from the authorities

August 18, 2019
August 17, 2019
August 15, 2019
August 10, 2019
September 30, 2018
12:30

Transfer of all 58 people and 1 dog onto P52 vessel of the Maltese Armed Forces is complete

Latitude: 35.56888889
Longitude: 14.21722222
11:38

RHIB Easy 1 is in the water, ready to transfer survivors to Maltese Armed Forces Patrol Boat in international waters

August 25, 2018
08:13

The transfer of the 5 survivors onto a Tunisian Navy boat is completed. They decided to go back to Tunisia because of the lack of other options

August 15, 2018
14:55

Disembarkation of the 141 survivors starts

June 17, 2018
14:06

Disembarkation of survivors complete