Container adrift vicinity 35-13.8S 174-19.0E at 120630Z jan
South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 124/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-01-15 08:30Z
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) · CNW 14/13 120800Z JAN 13 - JRCC JUNEAU 120740Z JAN 13.. Issued 2013-01-12 08:34Z. 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
- South Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is -35.230, 174.317. 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
- Distress signal received on 406 mhz from M/V marietta vicinity 46-47N 155-54Wcancelled by this notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2013-01-12 08:34Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-01-15 08:30Z
- authority
- CNW 14/13 120800Z JAN 13 - JRCC JUNEAU 120740Z JAN 13.
- issued by
- CNW
- sea
- South Pacific Ocean
- position
- -35.230, 174.317
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NEW ZEALAND-NORTH COAST. 1. CONTAINER ADRIFT VICINITY 35-13.8S 174-19.0E AT 120630Z JAN. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 122/13(16), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE. 3. CANCEL THIS MSG 150830Z JAN 13.
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.
- 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.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf 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
19 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Two containers adrift in vicinity 36-34.40S 177-20.40E at 102300Z jan2023-01-11
- Container adrift in vicinity 36-33.0S 174-54.1E at 240405Z mar2020-03-24
- Containers adrift vicinity 37-32.42S 176-25.73E2011-12-31
- Nga chart 76054 (5TH ed)2011-10-21
- Nga chart 76054 (5TH ed)2011-10-12
- Nga chart 76054 (5TH ed)2011-10-12
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 2026-09-30 22:06Z; 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.