Drifting containers in 2016

Shipping containers lost overboard and reported adrift or semi-submerged.

issued in 2016
23
still in force
0
vs 2015
-26%
first · last
01-04 · 12-24

By month

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROLANT13
  • HYDROPAC8
  • NAVAREA XII1
  • NAVAREA IV1

Where · top seas

Celtic Sea420%
North Atlantic Ocean420%
North Pacific Ocean315%
Tasman Sea210%
Norwegian Sea210%
English Channel15%
Persian Gulf15%
Arabian Sea15%
Great Australian Bight15%
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin15%

All drifting containers issued in 2016 · 23

  1. HYDROLANT 3484/162016-12-24 → 2016-12-27
    Five containers adrift in 44-23.7N 009-17.8W at 241245Z dec 16
    Eastern North Atlantic
  2. HYDROPAC 3989/162016-12-24 → 2016-12-27
    Four containers adrift in 39-56.4N 153-31.8E at 230400Z dec
    Western North Pacific
  3. HYDROLANT 3377/162016-12-15 → 2016-12-18
    Two containers adrift in vicinity 35-03.6N 008-04.5W at 150515Z dec
    Eastern North Atlantic
  4. HYDROLANT 3102/162016-11-20 → 2016-11-23
    Container adrift in vicinity 51-04.6N 001-11.6E at 200600Z nov
    Dover Strait · England-southeast Coast
  5. HYDROLANT 2942/162016-11-06 → 2016-11-09
    Partially submerged container adrift in 33-50.4N 026-14.2E at 061500Z nov
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea
  6. HYDROLANT 2807/162016-10-25 → 2016-10-27
    Partially submerged container adrift in 48-07N 006-45W
    Celtic Sea
  7. HYDROLANT 2786/162016-10-23 → 2016-10-26
    Partially submerged container adrift in 47-49.2N 006-38.9W
    Celtic Sea · France-northwest Coast
  8. HYDROPAC 2970/162016-09-29 → 2016-10-02
    Containers adrift in 26-43.4N 121-14.6E at 290915Z sep
    East China Sea · China
  9. HYDROLANT 2246/162016-08-31 → 2016-09-03
    Container adrift in 46-48.6S 055-31.0W at 301800Z aug
    Western South Atlantic
  10. HYDROPAC 2477/162016-08-18 → 2016-08-21
    Great australian bight
    Southeastern Indian Ocean
  11. NAVAREA IV 662/162016-08-11 → 2016-08-14
    Container adrift in 37-16N 050-06W at 111940Z aug
    Western North Atlantic
  12. HYDROPAC 2152/162016-07-18 → 2016-07-21
    Numerous containers adrift vicinity 41-24.7S 174-45.7E at 172230Z jul
    Cook Strait · New Zealand
  13. HYDROPAC 1952/162016-06-29 → 2016-07-02
    Seven containers adrift vicinity 11-46N 052-20E at 290100Z jun
    Arabian Sea · Somalia
  14. HYDROPAC 1865/162016-06-22 → 2016-06-23
    Four containers adrift in 37-25.2S 160-38.9E at 212323Z jun
    Tasman Sea
  15. HYDROLANT 906/162016-04-15 → 2016-04-18
    Container adrift vicinity 61-14.17N 000-26.50E at 150900Z apr
    Norwegian Sea · North Sea
  16. HYDROLANT 884/162016-04-13 → 2016-04-16
    Container adrift vicinity 61-42.0N 000-38.9E at 130625Z apr
    Norwegian Sea
  17. HYDROLANT 708/162016-03-23 → 2016-03-26
    Container adrift vicinity 50-45.2N 004-47.1W at 231516Z mar
    Bristol Channel · England-southwest Coast
  18. HYDROLANT 668/162016-03-18 → 2016-03-21
    Submerged container adrift in 50-27.4N 005-08.8W at 181100Z mar
    Celtic Sea · England-southwest Coast
  19. HYDROPAC 310/162016-02-04 → 2016-02-07
    Nine containers adrift vicinity 25-50N 055-20E
    Persian Gulf · U.A.E
  20. HYDROLANT 263/162016-01-30 → 2016-02-02
    Six containers adrift vicinity 59-59.5N 003-05.0W at 292300Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Shetland Islands
  21. HYDROPAC 197/162016-01-22 → 2016-01-25
    21 containers adrift in 45-13N 158-55E at 211300Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  22. HYDROLANT 153/162016-01-18 → 2016-01-21
    Containers adrift vicinity 37-36N 006-07E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  23. NAVAREA XII 2/162016-01-04 → 2016-01-07
    Four containers adrift in 25-23N 154-16W at 041903Z jan
    Eastern North Pacific

Sea boundaries: Flanders Marine Institute (2018), IHO Sea Areas v3, marineregions.org (CC BY 4.0). Not for navigation — follow official NAVAREA / coastal broadcasts and your national MSI service.

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