Containers

Containers adrift at 0311415Z sep in: a. 49-52N 012-24W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2015/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-09-03 17:59Z

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 I 251/12 311735Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-31 18:06Z. 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 49.542, -13.025. 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: 2012-08-31 18:06Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2012-09-03 17:59Z
authority: NAVAREA I 251/12 311735Z AUG 12.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 49.542, -13.025
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. CONTAINERS ADRIFT AT 0311415Z SEP IN:
   A. 49-52N 012-24W.
   B. 49-13N 013-39W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 031759Z SEP 12.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

9 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.

Container adrift in 49-22.8N 010-56.0W at 181900Z may2014-05-19
Container adrift in 48-43N 012-27W at 071050Z sep2012-09-07
Containers adrift at 061800Z sep in: a. 50-29N 012-13W b. 50-02N 013-22W c. 49-56N 014-32W2012-09-07
Containers adrift vicinity: a. 50-12N 012-53W2012-09-03
Numerous containers adrift vicinity 47-52.4N 009-37.0W at 081950Z aug2012-08-09
Container adrift vicinity 49-22.7N 009-47.8W at 071430Z feb2008-02-07

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 2026-10-02 10:17Z; 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.