Container adrift vicinity of trackline between 21-31N 067-42E and 21-18N 068-15E
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2196/14
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2014-07-31 07:03Z
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 416/14 280401Z JUL 14.. Issued 2014-07-28 07:03Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
- issued
- 2014-07-28 07:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2014-07-31 07:03Z
- authority
- NAVAREA VIII 416/14 280401Z JUL 14.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA VIII · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 21.408, 67.975
- 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 OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 21-31N 067-42E AND 21-18N 068-15E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310703Z JUL 14.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
7 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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 20-48.9N 069-32.9E at 192310Z jul2017-07-21
- Debris and numerous containers adrift vicinity 19-56.484N 065-24.740E at 101900Z jul2013-07-11
- Three containers adrift in: a. 22-37.00N 068-58.00E2013-07-01
- 12 containers adrift vicinity of trackline between 22-39.9N 068-48.2E and 22-26.5N 068-43.1E at 281100Z jun2013-06-29
- 11 containers adrift vicinity 22-40N 068-18E at 280645Z jun2013-06-28
- 17 containers adrift in 22-24.56N 068-24.26E at 270412Z jun2013-06-27
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
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.