Containers

28 containers adrift vicinity 11-55.3S 043-24.0E at 080600Z aug

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1440/02

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2002-08-15 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) · LA REUNION 10/02 IOR EGC#831 081308Z AUG 02. Issued 2002-08-08 18:45Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -11.922, 43.400. 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 Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2002-08-08 18:45Z
status: Archived notice
authority: LA REUNION 10/02 IOR EGC#831 081308Z AUG 02
issued by: LA REUNION
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -11.922, 43.400
containers: 28
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. 28 CONTAINERS ADRIFT VICINITY 11-55.3S 043-24.0E
   AT 080600Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 15 AUG.

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 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 12-37.14S 044-40.07E2021-06-02
Forty containers adrift vicinity 10-30S 040-44E at 231230Z may1999-05-23

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

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 19:16Z; 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.