Container adrift in 38-19.9N 015-25.5E
Tyrrhenian Sea · HYDROLANT 1049/03
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2003-06-05 00:00Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · MARISICILIA 178/03 291620B MAY 03. Issued 2003-05-29 19:42Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Tyrrhenian Sea. The parsed report position is 38.332, 15.425. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Tyrrhenian Sea →
- issued
- 2003-05-29 19:42Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MARISICILIA 178/03 291620B MAY 03
- issued by
- MARISICILIA
- sea
- Tyrrhenian Sea
- position
- 38.332, 15.425
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 38-19.9N 015-25.5E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 05 JUN.
Reading this warning
- Lost containers
- Shipping containers lost overboard, reported floating or semi-submerged, often in groups after a single incident.
- Adrift
- Loose and moving with wind and current — a vessel, container, buoy, log or anything else no longer secured.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
16 within 180 nm since 2001 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- Container adrift vicinity 38-40.9N 015-28.1E at 270933Z mar2012-03-28
- Container adrift vicinity 36-20.5N 017-24.6E at 07 feb2012-02-07
- Container adrift vicinity 36-26.4N 014-17.9E at 010730Z nov2009-11-03
- Container adrift vicinity 38-25N 015-11E at 062100Z jul2006-07-06
- Container adrift vicinity 38-43.4N 014-50.9E2006-06-24
- Container adrift vicinity 38-35.95N 015-44.51E at 28 feb2006-03-02
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-03 04:34Z; source collection times vary.
Containers
Shipping containers lost overboard and reported adrift or semi-submerged. All current drifting containers →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.