Containers

Container adrift vicinity 44-09.3N 009-08.6E

Ligurian Sea · HYDROLANT 1143/01

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2001-04-19 06:00Z

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) · MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 172/01 122245Z APR 01. Issued 2001-04-12 23:46Z. 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: Ligurian Sea. The parsed report position is 44.155, 9.143. 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 Ligurian Sea →

issued: 2001-04-12 23:46Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA 172/01 122245Z APR 01
issued by: MARIDIPART LA SPEZIA
sea: Ligurian Sea
position: 44.155, 9.143
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 VICINITY 44-09.3N 009-08.6E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 19 APR.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

11 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.

Container adrift vicinity 43-48.8N 009-18.6E at 061000Z feb2003-02-06
Two containers adrift vicinity 43-41.7N 009-44.9E at 021440Z feb2003-02-02
Containers adrift at 300900Z jan in: a. 43-26N 009-36E2003-01-30
Containers adrift between 43-45N 009-08E and 43-27N 009-15E at 210200Z feb2002-02-22
Containers adrift between 43-55N 009-08E and 43-27N 009-15E at 210200Z feb2002-02-21
Container adrift vicinity 43-43N 009-55E2002-01-28

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 18:34Z; 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.