Containers

Numerous containers adrift in 46-46N 147-56E on 07 dec

Sea of Okhotsk · HYDROPAC 1371/99

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 1999-12-14 06:00Z

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) · NAVAREA XIII 042/99 082152Z DEC 99. Issued 1999-12-08 22:22Z. 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: Sea of Okhotsk. The parsed report position is 46.767, 147.933. 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 Sea of Okhotsk →

issued: 1999-12-08 22:22Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XIII 042/99 082152Z DEC 99
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Sea of Okhotsk
position: 46.767, 147.933
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 46-46N 147-56E ON 07 DEC.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 DEC.

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

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

3 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.

40 containers adrift vicinity 45-47.2N 150-46.5E2012-04-05
Numerous containers adrift vicinity 45-54.3N 151-13.2E at 040542Z apr2012-04-04

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

Survey operations 15 jul thru 15 oct by M/V nikolay trubyatchinskiy along trackline joining 46-48.60N…Surveys · 104.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 drifting containers listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-04 03:36Z; 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.