Containers

Container adrift vicinity 13-56.7N 073-01.0E at 191350Z jul

Laccadive Sea · HYDROPAC 2155/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-07-24 15:30Z

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 407/13 210630Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-21 15:32Z. 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: Laccadive Sea. The parsed report position is 13.945, 73.017. 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 Laccadive Sea →

issued: 2013-07-21 15:32Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2013-07-24 15:30Z
authority: NAVAREA VIII 407/13 210630Z JUL 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Laccadive Sea
position: 13.945, 73.017
containers: 1
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. CONTAINER ADRIFT VICINITY 13-56.7N 073-01.0E
   AT 191350Z JUL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241530Z 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.
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

4 within 180 nm since 2005 · 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 of 13-00.2N 074-00.6E at 310515Z aug2020-08-31
Two containers adrift in: a. 11-28N 074-40E2013-07-25
18 to 40 foot container adrift in 15-15.7N 071-43.0E2005-07-06

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

F/V shri balajaneya sank in 13-36.00N 074-36.50EWrecks · 95.1 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 drifting containers listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:03Z; 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.