Containers

Container adrift in 33-47.9N 011-51.1E

Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin · HYDROLANT 2057/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-07-11 09:47Z

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 III 741/19 080930Z JUL 19.. Issued 2019-07-08 09:47Z. 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: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin. The parsed report position is 33.798, 11.852. 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 Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin →

issued: 2019-07-08 09:47Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-07-11 09:47Z
authority: NAVAREA III 741/19 080930Z JUL 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA III · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mediterranean Sea - Eastern Basin
position: 33.798, 11.852
containers: 1
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN SEA.
TUNISIA.
DNC 08, DNC 09.
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 33-47.9N 011-51.1E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 110947Z JUL 19.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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

5 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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 vicinity 36-34.2N 011-20.9E at 281300Z may2012-05-29
Container adrift vicinity 33-51.0N 011-06.2E at 221918Z may2012-05-23
Container adrift vicinity 35-00N 012-37E at 051515Z apr2004-04-06
Container adrift vicinity 35-28.3N 012-30.3E2003-12-14

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 01:03Z; 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.