Ten containers adrift in 58-36N 002-56W at 311156Z oct
North Sea · HYDROLANT 3347/20
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2020-11-01 17:02Z
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 1178/20 311351Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-31 14:00Z. 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 Sea. The parsed report position is 58.600, -2.933. 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
- Ten containers adrift in 58-36N 000-56W at 311156Z octcancelled by this notice
- 33 containers adrift in vicinity 58-36N 002-56W at 311156Z octlater 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 3344/202020-10-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3347/20 · this notice2020-10-31 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 3359/202020-11-01 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2020-10-31 14:00Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2020-11-03 14:00Z
- authority
- WZ 1178/20 311351Z OCT 20.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- North Sea
- position
- 58.600, -2.933
- containers
- 10
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH SEA. SCOTLAND. DNC 20. 1. TEN CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 58-36N 002-56W AT 311156Z OCT. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 3344/20. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 031400Z 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
17 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.
- 33 containers adrift in vicinity 58-36N 002-56W at 311156Z oct2020-11-01
- Ten containers adrift in 58-36N 000-56W at 311156Z oct2020-10-31
- Container adrift in 60-41.5N 000-38.4W at 120500Z jun2017-06-12
- Container adrift in 60-45.7N 001-07.3E at 231610Z mar2017-03-23
- Container adrift in 61-03.9N 002-01.0W at 180720Z mar 172017-03-18
- Six containers adrift vicinity 59-59.5N 003-05.0W at 292300Z jan2016-01-30
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 2026-09-28 10:37Z; 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.