11 grey and red containers adrift in vicinity 46-08N 005-51W at 121200Z mar
North Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 782/19
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2019-03-15 16:12Z
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 111/19 121342Z MAR 19.. Issued 2019-03-12 16:12Z. 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 46.133, -5.850. 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
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 782/19 · this notice2019-03-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 783/192019-03-12 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →
- issued
- 2019-03-12 16:12Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2019-03-15 16:12Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 111/19 121342Z MAR 19.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Atlantic Ocean
- position
- 46.133, -5.850
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
BAY OF BISCAY. DNC 08. 1. 11 GREY AND RED CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 46-08N 005-51W AT 121200Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151612Z MAR 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
156 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 43-37.0N 005-31.0W at 071038Z mar2024-03-07
- Thirteen container adrift in 43-34.00N 004-43.00W2024-03-02
- Six containers adrift in 43-34.10N 004-43.10W at 010001Z mar2024-03-02
- Container adrift in vicinity 47-52.20N 005-43.10W at 020234Z jun2023-06-02
- Four 40 foot containers adrift in vicinity 43-47.59N 006-11.40W at 020600 apr2023-04-04
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 06:51Z; 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.