Containers

Two containers adrift in vicinity 36-34.40S 177-20.40E at 102300Z jan

South Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 128/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-01-14 05:30Z

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 12/23 110521Z JAN 23.. Issued 2023-01-11 05:32Z. 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 -36.573, 177.340. 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 South Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2023-01-11 05:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-01-14 05:30Z
authority: CNW 12/23 110521Z JAN 23.
issued by: CNW
sea: South Pacific Ocean
position: -36.573, 177.340
containers: 2
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
NEW ZEALAND.
DNC 06.
1. TWO CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   36-34.40S 177-20.40E AT 102300Z JAN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 140530Z JAN 23.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

16 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 vicinity 36-33.0S 174-54.1E at 240405Z mar2020-03-24
Container adrift vicinity 35-13.8S 174-19.0E at 120630Z jan2013-01-12
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.