Numerous containers adrift in vicinity 01-10.19N 103-26.30E on 26 may
Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 1471/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-05-30 08:42Z
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 XI 174/22 270830Z MAY 22.. Issued 2022-05-27 08:45Z. 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
- Singapore Strait. The parsed report position is 1.170, 103.438. 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 Singapore Strait →
- issued
- 2022-05-27 08:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-05-30 08:42Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 174/22 270830Z MAY 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Singapore Strait
- position
- 1.170, 103.438
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SINGAPORE STRAIT. INDONESIA. DNC 03. 1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY 01-10.19N 103-26.30E ON 26 MAY. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300842Z MAY 22.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
1 within 180 nm since 2022 · 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.
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
- Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 26.3 nm
- Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 26.3 nm
- Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 42.4 nm
- Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 42.4 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:46Z; 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.