Two containers adrift at 221500Z feb in: a. 50-01.5N 002-52.3W
English Channel · HYDROLANT 560/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-02-24 15:21Z
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 327/14 221618Z FEB 14.. Issued 2014-02-22 16:49Z. 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
- English Channel. The parsed report position is 50.018, -2.987. 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
- Two containers adrift at 221500Z feb in: a. 50-00.8N 002-55.5Wcancelled by this notice
- Seismic survey by M/V ramform vanguard towing 12 7000 meter long cables: a. 24 feb along trackline between…later 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 438/142014-02-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 444/142014-02-13 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 500/142014-02-18 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 510/142014-02-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 517/142014-02-20 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 518/142014-02-20 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the English Channel →
- issued
- 2014-02-22 16:49Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-02-25 16:50Z
- authority
- WZ 327/14 221618Z FEB 14.
- issued by
- WZ
- sea
- English Channel
- position
- 50.018, -2.987
- containers
- 2
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ENGLISH CHANNEL. 1. TWO CONTAINERS ADRIFT AT 221500Z FEB IN: A. 50-01.5N 002-52.3W. B. 50-00.7N 003-06.2W. 2. CANCEL HYDROLANT 559/14. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 251650Z FEB 14.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
144 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.
- 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 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
- Container adrift in vicinity 49-35N 003-14W at 021900Z mar2022-03-02
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 01:57Z; 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.