Numerous containers adrift in vicinity 61-03.3N 001-42.8E
Norwegian Sea · HYDROLANT 1056/17
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2017-04-01 13:27Z
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) · WZ 396/17 311715Z MAR 17.. Issued 2017-03-31 18:58Z. 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
- Norwegian Sea. The parsed report position is 61.055, 1.713. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Seven containers adrift in vicinity 60-58.8N 001-50.2Elater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 938/172017-03-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1035/172017-03-30 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1056/17 · this notice2017-03-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1064/172017-04-01 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Norwegian Sea →
- issued
- 2017-03-31 18:58Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2017-04-03 18:58Z
- authority
- WZ 396/17 311715Z MAR 17.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Norwegian Sea
- position
- 61.055, 1.713
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORWEGIAN SEA. DNC 20, DNC 21. 1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 61-03.3N 001-42.8E. REPORTS TO SHETLAND COAST GUARD. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031858Z APR 17.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- 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.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
22 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Ten containers adrift in 58-36N 000-56W at 311156Z oct2020-10-31
- Container adrift in 58-34.6N 004-51.2E at 081213Z mar2020-03-08
- Container adrift in 60-39.7N 001-47.1E at 020745Z jul2017-07-02
- Container adrift in 60-37.2N 001-40.3E at 011812Z jul2017-07-01
- Container adrift in vicinity 60-48.03N 001-42.55E at 290730Z jun2017-06-29
- Container adrift in 60-41.5N 000-38.4W at 120500Z jun2017-06-12
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 2026-10-02 05:07Z; 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.