Drifting containers in 2025

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

issued in 2025: 1
still in force: 0
vs 2024: -83%
first · last: 05-31 · 05-31

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

HYDROPAC1

Where · top seas

Laccadive Sea

100%

All drifting containers issued in 2025 · 1

HYDROPAC 1412/252025-05-31 → 2026-04-17
M/V msc elsa 3 sunk in 09-18.83N 076-07.98E, multiple containers adrift
Arabian Sea · India

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.