Containers

Container adrift in 48-43N 012-27W at 071050Z sep

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2075/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-09-07 21:47Z

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 I 261/12 071300Z SEP 12 - WZ 1161/12 071330Z SEP 12.. Issued 2012-09-07 14:23Z. 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 48.717, -12.450. 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

These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.

  1. HYDROLANT 2075/12 · this notice2012-09-07 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 2079/122012-09-07 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 2090/122012-09-09 · Archived notice
Compare all 3 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued
2012-09-07 14:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2012-09-10 14:20Z
authority
NAVAREA I 261/12 071300Z SEP 12 - WZ 1161/12 071330Z SEP 12.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
48.717, -12.450
containers
1
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. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 48-43N 012-27W AT 071050Z SEP.
2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 2030/12(35), STATION RESTORED.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 101420Z 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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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.

Month of issue in the collected archive

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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 09:11Z; 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.