Containers

Five containers adrift vicinity of trackline between 37-26N 158-33E and 36-08N 163-48E

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2363/06

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2006-12-11 00:00Z

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 541/06 04 DEC 06.. Issued 2006-12-04 02:26Z. 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 map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued: 2006-12-04 02:26Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 541/06 04 DEC 06.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 36.783, 161.175
containers: 5
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. FIVE CONTAINERS ADRIFT
   VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN
   37-26N 158-33E AND 36-08N 163-48E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 11 DEC.

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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

4 within 180 nm since 2006 · 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.

Container adrift in 39-00.4N 160-04.4E at 012328Z jul2011-07-02
Container adrift in 36-52.2N 159-01.0E at 171935Z jun2011-06-17
Container adrift in 35-54N 162-40E at 272000Z apr2011-04-28

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 2026-09-29 12:32Z; 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.