Containers

Container adrift vicinity 10-59S 138-36E at 240151Z aug

Arafura Sea · Gulf of Carpentaria · HYDROPAC 2477/14

issued: 2014-08-24 18:23Z
status: cancelled 2014-08-27 18:35Z (archive)
self-cancels: 2014-08-27 18:35Z
authority: SEA SAFETY 23/14 240613Z AUG 14.
sea: Arafura Sea
position: -10.983, 138.600
containers: 1
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARAFURA SEA.
GULF OF CARPENTARIA.
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT VICINITY 10-59S 138-36E
   AT 240151Z AUG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 271835Z AUG 14.

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