Containers

Container adrift in 28-32.6N 049-52.5E at 061000Z apr

HYDROPAC 608/03

issued: 2003-04-06 14:45Z
status: cancelled 2003-04-13 00:00Z (archive)
authority: USS BUNKER HILL E-MAIL 060000Z APR 03
sea: Persian Gulf
position: 28.543, 49.875
containers: 1
source: nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 28-32.6N 049-52.5E
   AT 061000Z APR.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 13 APR.

This area · drifting containers

3 within 180 nm since 1999 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 in force now

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Nearby now · within 120 nm

Odas buoy relocated to 28-49.63N 050-42.93ENav aids · 47.4 nm
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Met tower 28-46.0N 048-26.1E temporarily replaced by yellow buoy, FL(4) 15 sec 5MOther · 77 nm
Navigation prohibited until further notice in area within 600 meters of 28-52.49N 048-21.63EOther · 82.2 nm
Dangerous wreck marked by buoy in 29-05.49N 048-22.09EWrecks · 85.8 nm
Survey operations 10 aug until further notice by M/V vision 2 in: a. 29-03.09N 048-10.06ESurveys · 94.1 nm

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