March 4After an alert by Alarm Phone, Ocean Viking rescues 36 people from a rubber boat. Distant port Ancona is assigned, requiring 4 additional days of sailing for the survivors. 
March 5Alarm Phone alerts another case which is also rescued by Ocean Viking. Another 64 people are brought on board. Ocean Viking resumes course to the distant POS Ancona where the 100 survivors are disembarked. 
March 7Following an alert by Alarm Phone, Seabird 2 spots 10 people stranded on the Miskar oil platform. After being left stranded there for days by European authorities, Solidaire rescues after having to wait many hours near the platform for the bad weather condition to improve. The survivors are brought to the distant port of Ortona, requiring many more unnecessary days at sea.
March 12After overhearing a mayday relay by a Frontex aircraft, Solidaire rescues 42 people from a rubber boat. Survivors are brought to the distant port of Ortona. 
March 13Life Support rescues 41 people from an unseaworthy rubber boat. Later, following an alert by Alarm Phone, Life Support rescues another 57 people from a rubber boat. The distant port of Civitavecchia is assigned, requiring an additional 4 days of travel for the survivors.  After spotting by Seabird 1, Safira rescues 40 people from a rubber boat. Survivors are transshipped to the Italian authorities and brought to Lampedusa.  Solidaire arrives at scene of an overcrowded rubber boat after having been informed by Life Support and Seabird 1 of a mayday relay issued by Frontex. 30 people are rescued and the distant port of Ortona is assigned, requiring an additional 5 days of unnecessary travel. 
March 14Life Support performs a third rescue following a mayday relay and alert from Alarm Phone. 25 people are taken from an unseaworthy rubber vessel and Life Support continues to Civitavecchia.  Solidaire rescues another boat after an alert from Alarm Phone. 8 people are brought on board from a rubber boat. Solidaire, with 90 people on board, requests a closer port of safety than Ortona, but the request is denied, forcing survivors to continue the long and unnecessary travel to Ortona.  Alarm Phone informs that two boats are brought to Miskar platforms. Ocean Viking responds to the two cases totaling 116 people, for which interim measures from UN Human Rights Committee were issued after authorities failed to coordinate rescue. Days after the initial alert from Alarm Phone, Ocean Viking successfully rescues the people. Genoa is assigned POS. 
March 15Following an alert by the Alarm Phone, Aita Mari rescues 32 people from a rubber boat. The distant port of Vibo Valentia is assigned, requiring an additional 3 days of sailing for the survivors.  Sea Watch 5 rescues 54 people from a rubber boat after the case is alerted by Alarm Phone and spotted by Seabird 1. Later that afternoon, following another spotting by Seabird 1, the crew of Sea Watch 5 rescue another 39 people from a rubber boat. 9 people require medical evacuation, and despite deteriorating weather conditions, the distant port of Marina di Carrara is assigned. Sea Watch 5 decides to defy orders and disembark in Trapani anyways, avoiding unnecessary and dangerous travel for the survivors.