Drifting containers in 2024
Shipping containers lost overboard and reported adrift or semi-submerged.
- issued in 2024
- 6
- still in force
- 0
- vs 2023
- -62%
- first · last
- 01-15 · 04-07
Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so this year is under-counted.
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By NAVAREA series
- HYDROLANT5
- HYDROPAC1
Where · top seas
| Bay of Biscay | 3 | 50% |
| North Atlantic Ocean | 2 | 33% |
| South Pacific Ocean | 1 | 17% |
All drifting containers issued in 2024 · 6
- HYDROLANT 730/242024-04-07 → 2024-04-1015 containers adrift in 47-20.00N 007-35.00WCeltic Sea
- HYDROLANT 474/242024-03-07 → 2024-03-10Container adrift in 43-37.0N 005-31.0W at 071038Z marBay of Biscay · Spain
- HYDROLANT 431/242024-03-02 → 2024-03-05Thirteen container adrift in 43-34.00N 004-43.00WBay of Biscay · Spain
- HYDROLANT 429/242024-03-02 → 2024-03-02Six containers adrift in 43-34.10N 004-43.10W at 010001Z marBay of Biscay · Spain
- HYDROPAC 450/242024-02-07 → 2024-02-10Numerous containers adrift in area within five miles of kaitorete spit (43-49.66S 172-33.28E) at 060001Z febWestern South Pacific · New Zealand
- HYDROLANT 116/242024-01-15 → 2024-01-18Red container adrift in 30-30.00N 009-45.00W at 152000 jan 24Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
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.