Containers

Three containers adrift in: a. 22-37.00N 068-58.00E

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 1906/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-04 07:53Z

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 VIII 369/13 010600Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-01 07:53Z. 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 22.664, 68.982. 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.

  1. HYDROPAC 1867/132013-06-27 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1879/132013-06-28 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1890/132013-06-29 · Archived notice
  4. HYDROPAC 1906/13 · this notice2013-07-01 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Arabian Sea →

issued
2013-07-01 07:53Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2013-07-04 07:53Z
authority
NAVAREA VIII 369/13 010600Z JUL 13.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea
Arabian Sea
position
22.664, 68.982
containers
3
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. THREE CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN:
   A. 22-37.00N 068-58.00E.
   B. 22-33.03N 068-55.53E.
   C. 22-49.50N 069-03.30E.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 1890/13.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 040753Z JUL 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.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

6 within 180 nm since 2013 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

13
15
17

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

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A
M
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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.