Containers adrift in 18-37.5N 117-19.4E at 191104Z jun
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1729/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-06-22 13:15Z
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 HONG KONG 74/12 191216Z JUN 12.. Issued 2012-06-19 13:13Z. 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 China Sea. The parsed report position is 18.625, 117.323. 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
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 1725/122012-06-19 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1729/12 · this notice2012-06-19 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2012-06-19 13:13Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2012-06-22 13:15Z
- authority
- MRCC HONG KONG 74/12 191216Z JUN 12.
- issued by
- MRCC HONG KONG
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 18.625, 117.323
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 18-37.5N 117-19.4E AT 191104Z JUN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 221315Z JUN.
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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
10 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
- Containers adrift at 240222Z oct in 20-34.2N 117-05.7E2020-10-24
- Five containers adrift in vicinity of trackline between 20-48.9N 116-15.9E and 21-25.8N 115-49.0E at 140600Z…2017-10-14
- Container adrift vicinity 18-51.8N 117-28.6E at 190006Z jun2012-06-19
- Container adrift in 17-08N 116-51E at 050700Z feb2006-02-05
- Container adrift vicinity 18-05.9N 117-16.7E at 300855Z jan2006-01-30
- Container adrift vicinity 18-21.8N 117-49.4E at 282338Z jan2006-01-29
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 07:15Z; 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.