Containers

Numerous containers adrift in: a. 48-39.2N 011-43.2W

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 226/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-02-08 00:00Z

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 27/08 011738Z FEB 08.. Issued 2008-02-01 19:01Z. 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 47.760, -11.010. 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: 2008-02-01 19:01Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA I 27/08 011738Z FEB 08.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA I · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 47.760, -11.010
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN:
   A. 48-39.2N 011-43.2W.
   B. 46-52.0N 010-18.0W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 08 FEB.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

73 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.

15 containers adrift in 47-20.00N 007-35.00W2024-04-07
Four containers adrift in vicinity 46-54N 007-50W at 040720Z nov2019-11-04
Partially submerged container adrift in 48-07N 006-45W2016-10-25
Partially submerged container adrift in 47-49.2N 006-38.9W2016-10-23
Containers adrift vicinity 46-22N 007-27W at 120841Z oct2014-10-12
Container adrift vicinity 47-03N 008-02W at 110735Z aug2014-08-11

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 10:18Z; 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.