Containers

Numerous containers adrift vicinity 43-00N 021-08W at 030400Z jan

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 15/14

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2014-01-06 05:13Z

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) · NAVAREA II 2/14 030459Z JAN 14.. Issued 2014-01-03 05:13Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 43.000, -21.133. 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 North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2014-01-03 05:13Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2014-01-06 05:13Z
authority: NAVAREA II 2/14 030459Z JAN 14.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 43.000, -21.133
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT VICINITY 43-00N 021-08W
   AT 030400Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 060513Z JAN 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

6 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.

Seven containers adrift vicinity 40-40.2N 020-04.6W at 050225Z feb2009-02-05
Three containers adrift vicinity 40-26.6N 022-12.3W at 030658Z jan2008-01-03
Two containers adrift in 41-36N 020-35W at 182000Z jan2003-01-19
Container adrift vicinity 41-58N 022-28W at 291200Z dec1999-12-29
Container adrift vicinity 43-48N 021-55W at 061900Z oct1999-10-07

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 2026-09-24 18:32Z; 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.