Two containers adrift vicinity 45-40N 005-35W at 060630Z feb
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 308/02
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2002-02-13 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 II 61/02 061510Z FEB 02; NAVAREA III 69/02 AOR-E EGC 377 061211Z FEB 02. Issued 2002-02-06 16:13Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 45.667, -5.583. 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
- Gunnery exercises 01 jan thru 31 dec in area between 37-45N 38-00N and 010-15E 010-30Ecancelled by this notice
- Gunnery exercises 0600Z to 1300Z daily 01 jan thru 28 feb except saturdays, sundays and holidays in area…cancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2002-02-06 16:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- NAVAREA II 61/02 061510Z FEB 02; NAVAREA III 69/02 AOR-E EGC 377 061211Z FEB 02
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 45.667, -5.583
- containers
- 2
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
1. TWO CONTAINERS ADRIFT VICINITY 45-40N 005-35W AT 060630Z FEB. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3279/01(52) AND 3291/01(54). 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 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.
- 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 containers
140 within 180 nm since 1997 · 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
- Container adrift in 43-37.0N 005-31.0W at 071038Z mar2024-03-07
- Thirteen container adrift in 43-34.00N 004-43.00W2024-03-02
- Six containers adrift in 43-34.10N 004-43.10W at 010001Z mar2024-03-02
- Container adrift in vicinity 47-52.20N 005-43.10W at 020234Z jun2023-06-02
- Four 40 foot containers adrift in vicinity 43-47.59N 006-11.40W at 020600 apr2023-04-04
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 2026-10-01 23:48Z; 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.