Containers

Three containers adrift in vicinity 53-24.9N 000-43.3E

North Sea · England · HYDROLANT 3604/18

issued: 2018-11-20 14:30Z
status: cancelled 2018-11-23 14:30Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2018-11-23 14:30Z
authority: WZ 1206/18 201118Z NOV 18.
position: 53.415, 0.722
containers: 3
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH SEA.
ENGLAND.
DNC 20.
1. THREE CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   53-24.9N 000-43.3E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 231430Z NOV 18.

This area · drifting containers

32 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Mf dsc and r/t services off air at: a. bawdsey 51-59.60N 001-24.50EOther · 93.6 nm

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