M/V on fire and containers adrift in 07-04.85N 079-46.28E at 250830Z may
Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 1551/21
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2021-06-02 10:16Z
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) · MRCC COLOMBO 250854Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-25 09:17Z. 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
- Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 7.081, 79.771. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
- Container adrift in vicinity 07-04.85N 079-46.28E at 250047Z maycancelled by this notice
- Derelict M/V x-press pearl and numerous containers partially submerged and adrift in vicinity 07-04N 079-45E…later cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 1548/212021-05-25 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1551/21 · this notice2021-05-25 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Laccadive Sea →
- issued
- 2021-05-25 09:17Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- MRCC COLOMBO 250854Z MAY 21.
- issued by
- MRCC COLOMBO
- sea
- Laccadive Sea
- position
- 7.081, 79.771
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTHERN INDIAN OCEAN. SRI LANKA. DNC 03. 1. M/V ON FIRE AND CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 07-04.85N 079-46.28E AT 250830Z MAY. VESSELS IN VICINITY REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT, ASSIST IF POSSIBLE. REPORTS TO MRCC COLOMBO, PHONE: 941 1244 5368, FAX: 941 1244 1454, 941 1244 9718, E-MAIL: NHQDNO@YAHOO.COM, MRCCCOLOMBO@GMAIL.COM. 2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1548/21.
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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
- Assist if possible
- The second half of the standard rescue request: ships able to help are asked to do so.
- MRCC (Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre)
- A rescue coordination centre for maritime cases only, such as MRCC Fort-de-France or MRCC Vietnam.
- Cancellation reference
- A line that cancels an earlier warning by its number, such as CANCEL HYDROLANT 1085/12.
- HYDROPAC
- The U.S. long-range warning series for the Pacific outside NAVAREA XII and for the Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf and adjoining seas.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
2 within 180 nm since 2021 · 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
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 2026-10-01 09:03Z; 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.