Thirteen container adrift in 43-34.00N 004-43.00W
Bay of Biscay · HYDROLANT 431/24
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2024-03-05 12:13Z
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 59/24 021205Z MAR 24.. Issued 2024-03-02 12:16Z. 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
- Bay of Biscay. The parsed report position is 43.567, -4.717. 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
- Six containers adrift in 43-34.10N 004-43.10W at 010001Z marcancelled 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 429/242024-03-02 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 431/24 · this notice2024-03-02 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Bay of Biscay →
- issued
- 2024-03-02 12:16Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2024-03-05 12:13Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 59/24 021205Z MAR 24.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Bay of Biscay
- position
- 43.567, -4.717
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. SPAIN. DNC 08. 1. THIRTEEN CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 43-34.00N 004-43.00W. AT 020100Z MAR . 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 429/24. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 051213Z MAR 24.
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
29 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.
- Container adrift in 43-37.0N 005-31.0W at 071038Z mar2024-03-07
- Six containers adrift in 43-34.10N 004-43.10W at 010001Z mar2024-03-02
- Four 40 foot containers adrift in vicinity 43-47.59N 006-11.40W at 020600 apr2023-04-04
- 14 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-04N 005-46W at 121630Z mar2019-03-12
- 15 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-19N 005-59W at 121630Z mar2019-03-12
- 11 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-08N 005-51W at 121200Z mar2019-03-12
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 06:08Z; 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.