Containers

Numerous containers adrift between 22-02.2S 168-38.5E and mare island (21-31S 167-59E)

Western South Pacific · Coral Sea · New Caledonia · HYDROPAC 3921/17

issued
2017-11-13 01:02Z
status
cancelled 2017-11-16 01:02Z (archive)
self-cancels
2017-11-16 01:02Z
cancels
HYDROPAC 3910/17
authority
AVURNAV NOUMEA 23/17 122259Z NOV 17.
sea
Coral Sea
position
-21.777, 168.313
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN SOUTH PACIFIC.
CORAL SEA.
NEW CALEDONIA.
DNC 06.
1. NUMEROUS CONTAINERS ADRIFT BETWEEN 22-02.2S 168-38.5E
   AND MARE ISLAND (21-31S 167-59E).
2. CANCEL HYDROPAC 3910/17.
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 160102Z NOV 17.

This area · drifting containers

4 within 180 nm since 2017 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Season · when drifting containers happen here

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month of issue, all years in the archive

Timeline

Nearby now · within 120 nm

Nothing else in force within 120 nm.

Worldwide now

0 drifting containers in force · see all

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.