Containers

Four containers adrift in vicinity 46-54N 007-50W at 040720Z nov

North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 3395/19

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2019-11-07 15:02Z

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) · NAVAREA II 382/19 041404Z NOV 19.. Issued 2019-11-04 15:02Z. 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 46.900, -7.833. 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: 2019-11-04 15:02Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2019-11-07 15:02Z
authority: NAVAREA II 382/19 041404Z NOV 19.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 46.900, -7.833
containers: 4
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN NORTH ATLANTIC.
DNC 08, DNC 19.
1. FOUR CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   46-54N 007-50W AT 040720Z NOV.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 071502Z NOV 19.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

166 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 vicinity 47-52.20N 005-43.10W at 020234Z jun2023-06-02
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
Four containers adrift at 281300Z nov in vicinity: a. 43-58.50N 009-14.70W2022-11-29
Two containers adrift in 49-03.7N 005-02.1W2022-02-17

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 11:03Z; 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.