Container marked by buoy and two flashing white lights adrift in 60-31.0N 004-07.4W at 042245Z jul
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 1898/01
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2001-07-05 07:05Z
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 1433/01 042317Z JUL 01. Issued 2001-07-05 00:02Z. 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 60.517, -4.123. 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
- Container adrift in 60-30.8N 004-09.6W at 042142Z julcancelled by this notice
- Container marked by buoy and two flashing white lights adrift in 60-31.8N 004-05.2W at 050044Z jullater 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 1898/01 · this notice2001-07-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1901/012001-07-05 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1933/012001-07-09 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2001-07-05 00:02Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- WZ 1433/01 042317Z JUL 01
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 60.517, -4.123
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. CONTAINER MARKED BY BUOY AND TWO FLASHING WHITE LIGHTS ADRIFT IN 60-31.0N 004-07.4W AT 042245Z JUL. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 1897/01. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 JUL.
Reading this warning
- Lost containers
- Shipping containers lost overboard, reported floating or semi-submerged, often in groups after a single incident.
- Off station / missing buoy
- A buoy that is not in its charted position — dragged, damaged, missing or removed.
- 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.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROLANT
- The U.S. long-range warning series for Atlantic waters outside NAVAREA IV, including the eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and adjoining seas.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting objects
18 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.
- Submerged buoy reported, least depth five meters in 60-03.16N 003-59.44W2020-02-21
- Submerged buoy reported, least depth five meters in 60-03.16N 003-59.44W2020-01-10
- Submerged buoy reported, least depth five meters, in 60-03.16N 003-59.44W2019-11-29
- Submerged buoy reported, least depth five meters, in 60-03.16N 003-59.44W2019-10-18
- 20 meter long metal object adrift vicinity 61-22.2N 001-18.9E at 020845Z feb2012-02-02
- Numerous fishing traps adrift in 60-08.76N 000-51.50E at 061136Z jan2012-01-06
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
2 drifting objects listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-04 05:47Z; source collection times vary.
Debris
Logs, buoys, mooring gear and other objects adrift. All current drifting objects →
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.