Containers

Container adrift in 42-42.8N 178-54.2E at 262050Z aug

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 2414/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-08-30 05:40Z

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 655/11 270147Z AUG 11 - AUSCOAST 217/11 CX 270305Z AUG 11 - JRCC HONOLULU 261759Z AUG 11 - AUSSAR 5504/11 CX 270424Z AUG 11.. Issued 2011-08-27 05:51Z. 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 42.713, 178.903. 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

Current notices and reporting history in the North Pacific Ocean →

issued
2011-08-27 05:51Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2011-08-30 05:40Z
authority
NAVAREA XI 655/11 270147Z AUG 11 - AUSCOAST 217/11 CX 270305Z AUG 11 - JRCC HONOLULU 261759Z AUG 11 - AUSSAR 5504/11 CX 270424Z AUG 11.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea
North Pacific Ocean
position
42.713, 178.903
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 42-42.8N 178-54.2E AT 262050Z AUG.
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2371/11(74), OPERATIONS COMPLETED.
3. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2391/11(19).
4. CANCEL HYDROPAC 2409/11(74), VESSEL LOCATED SAFE.
5. CANCEL THIS MSG 300540Z AUG.

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

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20

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 09:38Z; 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.