Container adrift in 41-50.3N 152-29.5E at 120120Z jul
North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2005/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-07-15 13:45Z
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 506/11 121334Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-12 13:41Z. 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 41.838, 152.492. 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 1824/112011-06-23 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 1997/112011-07-12 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2005/11 · this notice2011-07-12 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →
- issued
- 2011-07-12 13:41Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-07-15 13:45Z
- authority
- NAVAREA XI 506/11 121334Z JUL 11.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- North Pacific Ocean
- position
- 41.838, 152.492
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. 1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 41-50.3N 152-29.5E AT 120120Z JUL. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 151345Z JUL.
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
8 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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
- Six containers adrift vicinity 42-38.7N 155-44.8E at 242330Z nov2015-11-25
- Container adrift in 42-56.4N 152-37.8E at 010230Z aug2011-08-01
- Container adrift in 43-07N 154-47.5E at 140700Z jul2011-07-14
- Container adrift in 41-50.3N 152-29.5E at 120120Z jul2011-07-12
- Container adrift in 42-17N 152-28E at 230100Z jun2011-06-23
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 19:42Z; 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.