Containers

100 containers adrift in vicinity 40-00N 178-10E at 291500Z oct

North Pacific Ocean · HYDROPAC 3190/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-11-02 03:16Z

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) · JRCC JUNEAU 300019Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-30 03:16Z. 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 40.000, 178.167. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2020-10-30 03:16Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2020-11-02 03:16Z
authority: JRCC JUNEAU 300019Z OCT 20.
issued by: JRCC JUNEAU
sea: North Pacific Ocean
position: 40.000, 178.167
containers: 100
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

NORTH PACIFIC.
DNC 13.
1. 100 CONTAINERS ADRIFT IN VICINITY
   40-00N 178-10E AT 291500Z OCT.
   REPORTS TO JRCC JUNEAU,
   PHONE: 907 463 2000,
   E-MAIL: JRCCJUNEAU@USCG.MIL.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 020316Z NOV 20.

Reading this warning

DNC (Digital Nautical Chart): A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
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.
RCC / JRCC (Rescue Coordination Centre): The centre that organises search and rescue in its region; warnings ask ships to send their reports there.
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

11 within 180 nm since 2008 · 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.

15 to 20 containers adrift vicinity 41-03N 177-56E2012-10-08
Four containers adrift vicinity 41-25.6N 175-49.7E at 121345Z jan2012-01-12
Container adrift in 42-54.8N 178-52.6E at 142015Z oct2011-10-15
Container adrift in 42-42.8N 178-54.2E at 262050Z aug2011-08-27
Container adrift vicinity 42-00.8N 175-16.8E at 122030Z jul2011-07-13
13 containers overboard between 39-06N 179-11E and 39-21N 178-45E at 120200Z feb2008-02-13

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 2026-10-01 13:38Z; 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.