Containers

Container adrift in 49-22.8N 010-56.0W at 181900Z may

Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 1266/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-05-22 00:03Z

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 721/14 182214Z MAY 14.. Issued 2014-05-19 00:03Z. 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: Celtic Sea. The parsed report position is 49.380, -10.933. 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 Celtic Sea →

issued: 2014-05-19 00:03Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2014-05-22 00:03Z
authority: WZ 721/14 182214Z MAY 14.
issued by: WZ
sea: Celtic Sea
position: 49.380, -10.933
containers: 1
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
CELTIC SEA.
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 49-22.8N 010-56.0W
   AT 181900Z MAY.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 220003Z MAY 14.

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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

35 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 vicinity 50-15.0N 007-47.1W at 110435Z feb2020-02-11
Two 15 meter containers adrift in 49-34.0N 007-05.0W at 292100Z dec 172017-12-29
Containers adrift vicinity: a. 48-19.70N 007-17.50W2013-02-08
Numerous containers adrift vicinity: a. 48-37.4N 007-18.2W2013-02-07
Four containers adrift vicinity 49-02.4N 007-37.0W at 060940Z feb2013-02-06
Container adrift in 48-51.6N 007-16.4W at 311330Z oct2012-10-31

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 02:08Z; 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.