Containers

Five 20 foot containers adrift in 38-35S 144-55E at 020515Z jul

Bass Strait · HYDROPAC 1240/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-07-09 00:00Z

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) · SEA SAFETY 46/08 020540Z JUL 08.. Issued 2008-07-02 08:16Z. 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: Bass Strait. The parsed report position is -38.583, 144.917. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Bass Strait →

issued: 2008-07-02 08:16Z
status: Archived notice
authority: SEA SAFETY 46/08 020540Z JUL 08.
issued by: SEA SAFETY
sea: Bass Strait
position: -38.583, 144.917
containers: 5
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. FIVE 20 FOOT CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN
   38-35S 144-55E AT 020515Z JUL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 JUL.

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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

3 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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 vicinity 38-26S 141-32E at 280655Z mar2013-03-28
Two containers adrift in 38-43S 148-42E at 221230Z mar2011-03-23

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

Great australian bightCable ops · 91.7 nm
Special purpose vessel dependable / kdej / 367137000 conducting cable lay operations 10NM either side of…Other · 91.7 nm
Six meter buoy, yellow, established in 38-47.62S 142-37.77ENav aids · 107.9 nm
1 X 6M yellow surface buoy established in position 38-47.62S 142-37.77E 2.5NM clearance requestedNav aids · 107.9 nm
2 X 6M yellow surface buoys fl.white 3S temporarily established within 1.0NM of position 38-47.19S…Nav aids · 109.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 drifting containers listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 08:38Z; 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.