Containers

Three containers adrift vicinity 33-16N 013-22W on 16 jan

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 156/00

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2000-01-21 10:10Z

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 016/00 160622Z JAN 00. Issued 2000-01-16 06:38Z. 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 33.267, -13.367. 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: 2000-01-16 06:38Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA II 016/00 160622Z JAN 00
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 33.267, -13.367
containers: 3
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

THREE CONTAINERS ADRIFT VICINITY 33-16N 013-22W ON 16 JAN.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

11 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.

Three containers adrift vicinity 32-26.6N 012-53.1W2007-12-04
Container adrift vicinity 35-54.8N 014-25.0W at 141100Z mar2004-03-14
Container adrift vicinity 35-53N 014-25W at 121147Z mar2004-03-12
Two containers adrift vicinity 30-30N 013-45W at 190915Z oct2001-10-19
Container adrift in 31-10N 011-20W at 101830Z feb2001-02-10
Container adrift vicinity 34-03N 010-33W at 131600Z jan2001-01-14

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 05:43Z; 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.