17 containers adrift in 22-24.56N 068-24.26E at 270412Z jun
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1867/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-06-28 11:54Z
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 MUMBAI 270625Z JUN 13.. Issued 2013-06-27 07:10Z. 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
- Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 22.409, 68.404. 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
- 11 containers adrift vicinity 22-40N 068-18E at 280645Z junlater 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 1867/13 · this notice2013-06-27 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1879/132013-06-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1890/132013-06-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1906/132013-07-01 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2013-06-27 07:10Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-06-30 07:10Z
- authority
- MRCC MUMBAI 270625Z JUN 13.
- issued by
- MRCC MUMBAI
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 22.409, 68.404
- containers
- 17
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. INDIA-WEST COAST. 1. 17 CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 22-24.56N 068-24.26E AT 270412Z JUN. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 300710Z JUN 13.
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
6 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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.
- 20 containers adrift in vicinity 20-48.9N 069-32.9E at 192310Z jul2017-07-21
- Container adrift vicinity of trackline between 21-31N 067-42E and 21-18N 068-15E2014-07-28
- Three containers adrift in: a. 22-37.00N 068-58.00E2013-07-01
- 12 containers adrift vicinity of trackline between 22-39.9N 068-48.2E and 22-26.5N 068-43.1E at 281100Z jun2013-06-29
- 11 containers adrift vicinity 22-40N 068-18E at 280645Z jun2013-06-28
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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-09-28 19:35Z; 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.