Containers

Container adrift vicinity 42-25.2N 175-22.6E at 150248Z jul

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2031/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-07-18 05:25Z

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 519/11 150456Z JUL 11.. Issued 2011-07-15 05:23Z. 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 42.420, 175.377. 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 2006/112011-07-13 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 2031/11 · this notice2011-07-15 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2011-07-15 05:23Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-07-18 05:25Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 519/11 150456Z JUL 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
42.420, 175.377
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 VICINITY 42-25.2N 175-22.6E
   AT 150248Z JUL.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2006/11.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 180525Z 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.
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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

7 within 180 nm since 2011 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

11
12

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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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 2026-10-01 11:19Z; 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.