Containers

Containers adrift in 38-59.7N 155-38.4E at 270740Z jun

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 1871/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-06-30 12:00Z

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) · NAVAREA XI 443/11 271142Z JUN 11.. Issued 2011-06-27 11:55Z. 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: North Pacific Ocean. The parsed report position is 38.995, 155.640. 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 North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2011-06-27 11:55Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2011-06-30 12:00Z
authority: NAVAREA XI 443/11 271142Z JUN 11.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 38.995, 155.640
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC.
1. CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN 38-59.7N 155-38.4E
   AT 270740Z JUN.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301200Z 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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

5 within 180 nm since 2004 · 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.

Four containers adrift in 39-56.4N 153-31.8E at 230400Z dec2016-12-24
Container adrift in 36-05.3N 155-57.3E at 130550Z jul2011-07-13
Container adrift vicinity 39-55.5N 156-02.6E at 191950Z jun2011-06-19
Three containers adrift vicinity 38-21N 157-51E at 180000Z dec2004-12-18

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 20:17Z; 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.