Drifting containers in 2019

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

issued in 2019
25
still in force
0
vs 2018
-29%
first · last
02-06 · 12-09

By month

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

By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROLANT13
  • HYDROPAC10
  • NAVAREA IV2

Where · top seas

North Atlantic Ocean523%
Bay of Bengal523%
Celtic Sea314%
Indian Ocean314%
Ionian Sea15%
Tyrrhenian Sea15%
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin15%
Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin15%
South China Sea15%
Tasman Sea15%

All drifting containers issued in 2019 · 25

  1. HYDROLANT 3772/192019-12-09 → 2019-12-12
    Containers adrift in area within three miles of trackline joining 51-41.4N 005-50.9W, 51-32.8N 005-31.0W at…
    Celtic Sea · Wales
  2. HYDROLANT 3769/192019-12-09 → 2019-12-09
    11 containers adrift in 51-41.4N 005-50.9W at 082330Z dec
    Celtic Sea · Wales
  3. HYDROLANT 3766/192019-12-09 → 2019-12-09
    12 containers adrift in 51-41.4N 005-50.9W at 082330Z dec
    Celtic Sea · Wales
  4. HYDROPAC 4054/192019-12-06 → 2019-12-09
    Derelict vessel and 16 containers adrift in 12-15.570N 109-58.269E at 060423Z dec
    South China Sea · Vietnam
  5. HYDROPAC 3894/192019-11-26 → 2019-11-29
    Container adrift in 24-17.6S 049-44.9E
    Western Indian Ocean
  6. HYDROPAC 3821/192019-11-21 → 2019-11-24
    Three 50 foot white containers adrift at 200605Z nov in vicinity: a. 17-27.40N 085-53.10E
    Bay of Bengal
  7. HYDROPAC 3740/192019-11-14 → 2019-11-17
    25 containers adrift in 20-45.1N 087-41E on 09 nov
    Bay of Bengal · India
  8. HYDROPAC 3732/192019-11-13 → 2019-11-16
    20 containers adrift on 12 nov in vicinity: a. 19-57.19N 087-27.43E
    Bay of Bengal · India
  9. HYDROLANT 3420/192019-11-06 → 2019-11-09
    23 containers adrift in 22-11.9S 009-46.1W on 05 nov
    South Atlantic
  10. HYDROLANT 3395/192019-11-04 → 2019-11-07
    Four containers adrift in vicinity 46-54N 007-50W at 040720Z nov
    Eastern North Atlantic
  11. HYDROLANT 3371/192019-11-02 → 2019-11-05
    Container reported adrift in 50-24.9N 003-24.7W at 020700Z nov
    English Channel · England
  12. HYDROPAC 2974/192019-09-11 → 2019-09-14
    Container adrift in vicinity 33-02S 152-55E at 101400Z sep
    Tasman Sea · Australia-east Coast
  13. HYDROPAC 2663/192019-08-18 → 2019-08-21
    Two containers adrift in 26-40.4S 045-38.9E on 18 aug
    Western Indian Ocean · Madagascar
  14. HYDROPAC 2518/192019-08-06 → 2019-08-09
    17 containers adrift in 15-36N 093-44E at 060036Z aug
    Bay of Bengal · Thailand
  15. HYDROLANT 2057/192019-07-08 → 2019-07-11
    Container adrift in 33-47.9N 011-51.1E
    Eastern Mediterranean Sea · Tunisia
  16. HYDROPAC 2163/192019-07-03 → 2019-07-06
    43 containers adrift in 22-09.44N 091-25.10E at 300225Z jun
    Bay of Bengal · Bangladesh
  17. HYDROPAC 1642/192019-05-15 → 2019-05-18
    Container adrift in 04-13S 047-04E at 131107Z may
    Western Indian Ocean
  18. NAVAREA IV 274/192019-04-02 → 2019-04-05
    23 containers adrift in vicinity 32-13.6N 078-33.7W at 020600Z apr
    Western North Atlantic · South Carolina
  19. HYDROLANT 861/192019-03-17 → 2019-03-20
    40 foot blue container adrift in vicinity 37-33.7N 019-08.2E at 171445Z mar
    Ionian Sea · Greece
  20. HYDROLANT 816/192019-03-14 → 2019-03-17
    14 containers adrift in vicinity 37-04N 006-43E at 140540Z mar
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  21. HYDROLANT 785/192019-03-12 → 2019-03-15
    14 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-04N 005-46W at 121630Z mar
    Bay of Biscay
  22. HYDROLANT 783/192019-03-12 → 2019-03-15
    15 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-19N 005-59W at 121630Z mar
    Bay of Biscay
  23. HYDROLANT 782/192019-03-12 → 2019-03-15
    11 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-08N 005-51W at 121200Z mar
    Bay of Biscay
  24. HYDROLANT 599/192019-02-24 → 2019-02-27
    Two containers adrift in vicinity 41-03.9N 010-36.0E at 240600Z feb
    Tyrrhenian Sea · Sardina
  25. NAVAREA IV 86/192019-02-06 → 2019-02-09
    Six containers adrift in 25-35.2N 043-01.3W
    North Atlantic

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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