Drifting containers in 2021

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

issued in 2021
17
still in force
0
vs 2020
-61%
first · last
01-15 · 12-11

By month

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

By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC8
  • HYDROLANT6
  • NAVAREA XII2
  • NAVAREA IV1

Where · top seas

Celtic Sea318%
North Pacific Ocean318%
Red Sea212%
Laccadive Sea212%
South Atlantic Ocean212%
Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin16%
South Pacific Ocean16%
North Atlantic Ocean16%
Mozambique Channel16%
Indian Ocean16%

All drifting containers issued in 2021 · 17

  1. HYDROLANT 3031/212021-12-11 → 2021-12-14
    Four containers adrift in vicinity of trackline joining 47-01N 006-56W, 47-52N 006-14W
    Celtic Sea · France
  2. HYDROLANT 2895/212021-11-25 → 2021-11-28
    Seven containers adrift in vicinity 48-40N 005-56W at 250856Z nov
    Celtic Sea · France
  3. HYDROLANT 2889/212021-11-25 → 2021-11-25
    Container adrift in vicinity 48-40N 005-56W at 250856Z nov
    Celtic Sea · France
  4. HYDROPAC 3221/212021-11-09 → 2021-11-12
    16 containers adrift in vicinity 21-15.37N 038-49.30E
    Res Sea · Saudi Arabia
  5. HYDROPAC 3208/212021-11-08 → 2021-11-11
    45 containers adrift in vicinity 21-18.95N 038-52.15E
    Red Sea · Saudi Arabia
  6. HYDROLANT 2753/212021-11-07 → 2021-11-10
    Four containers adrift in vicinity 37-14N 003-14E
    Western Mediterranean Sea · Algeria
  7. HYDROPAC 2818/212021-10-04 → 2021-10-07
    Containers adrift in vicinity 31-22.2S 033-12.2E
    Southwestern Indian Ocean
  8. NAVAREA XII 508/212021-09-16 → 2021-09-19
    17 containers adrift in vicinity 13-26.5N 091-18.1W at 161800Z sep
    Eastern North Pacific · Guatemala
  9. HYDROLANT 1980/212021-07-30 → 2021-08-02
    Two containers adrift in vicinity 24-38.83S 042-30.92W at 291640Z jul
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-south Coast
  10. HYDROPAC 1708/212021-06-10 → 2021-06-13
    Nine containers adrift in 31-36.7S 073-29.9W at 091545Z jun
    Eastern South Pacific · Chile
  11. HYDROPAC 1634/212021-06-02 → 2021-06-05
    Container adrift in vicinity 12-37.14S 044-40.07E
    Mozambique Channel · Comoros
  12. HYDROPAC 1551/212021-05-25 → 2021-06-02
    M/V on fire and containers adrift in 07-04.85N 079-46.28E at 250830Z may
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  13. HYDROPAC 1548/212021-05-25 → 2021-05-25
    Container adrift in vicinity 07-04.85N 079-46.28E at 250047Z may
    Northern Indian Ocean · Sri Lanka
  14. NAVAREA IV 227/212021-03-16 → 2021-03-19
    Two containers adrift in vicinity 29-03.5N 061-46.9W at 160714Z mar
    Western North Atlantic
  15. HYDROPAC 345/212021-01-27 → 2021-01-30
    Numerous containers adrift in 22-45.3N 151-43.4E at 261622Z jan
    Western North Pacific
  16. NAVAREA XII 17/212021-01-16 → 2021-01-19
    50-100 containers adrift in 28-24.7N 154-07.6W
    Eastern North Pacific
  17. HYDROLANT 151/212021-01-15 → 2021-01-18
    Container adrift in vicinity 22-32.82S 040-04.03W at 150030Z jan
    Western South Atlantic · Brazil-southeast Coast

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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