Eight containers adrift at 261300Z oct in vicinity of trackline joining 50-32N 005-32W, 51-18N 004-09W
Celtic Sea · HYDROLANT 3259/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-10-26 21:45Z
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) · WZ 1162/20 261330Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-26 14:07Z. 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
- Celtic Sea. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Eight containers adrift at 261600Z oct in vicinity of trackline joining 51-06N 004-31W, 51-27N 003-48Wlater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 3185/202020-10-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3187/202020-10-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3195/202020-10-21 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3221/202020-10-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3226/202020-10-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3239/202020-10-24 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-10-26 14:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-10-29 14:07Z
- authority
- WZ 1162/20 261330Z OCT 20.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Celtic Sea
- position
- 50.917, -4.842
- containers
- 8
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
CELTIC SEA. BRISTOL CHANNEL. ENGLAND. DNC 20. 1. EIGHT CONTAINERS ADRIFT AT 261300Z OCT IN VICINITY OF TRACKLINE JOINING 50-32N 005-32W, 51-18N 004-09W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 291407Z OCT 20.
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.
- 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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
141 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.
- Containers reported adrift in vicinity: a. 50-08.80N 005-52.60W at 031636Z aug2023-08-03
- Container adrift in vicinity 50-17.00N 003-22.00W at 131253Z jun2023-06-14
- Three containers adrift in vicinity 48-20.00N 005-35.00W at 290800Z dec2022-12-29
- Two containers adrift in vicinity 48-19.00N 005-35.00W at 290305Z dec2022-12-29
- Container adrift in vicinity 53-10N 006-02W at 030640Z may2022-05-03
- Container adrift in vicinity 49-35N 003-14W at 021900Z mar2022-03-02
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 16:05Z; 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.