Container adrift in 51-30N 004-00W at 291230Z oct
Bristol Channel · HYDROLANT 3312/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-01 15:07Z
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 1169/20 291341Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-29 15:07Z. 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
- Bristol Channel. The parsed report position is 51.500, -4.000. 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
- Eight containers adrift at 261600Z oct in vicinity of trackline joining 51-06N 004-31W, 51-27N 003-48Wcancelled by this notice
- Container adrift in 51-30N 004-00W at 291230Z octcancelled by this 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Bristol Channel →
- issued
- 2020-10-29 15:07Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-11-01 15:07Z
- authority
- WZ 1169/20 291341Z OCT 20.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- Bristol Channel
- position
- 51.500, -4.000
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BRISTOL CHANNEL. WALES. DNC 20. 1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 51-30N 004-00W AT 291230Z OCT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3270/20, 3307/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 011507Z NOV 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.
- 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
111 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.
- 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
- 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
- Three containers adrift in area within one mile of 49-17.0N 003-28.9W at 210954Z feb2022-02-21
- Container adrift in 49-09.8N 004-31.2W at 191441Z feb2022-02-19
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 07:17Z; 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.