Container adrift vicinity 09-12.0N 109-28.1E at 160125Z mar
South China Sea · HYDROPAC 827/11
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2011-03-17 03:36Z
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) · SPOCC 170023Z MAR 11.. Issued 2011-03-17 01:43Z. 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
- South China Sea. The parsed report position is 9.200, 109.468. 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
- Cancel HYDROPAC 827/11 and this msg, 810/11 referslater cancellation notice
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 810/112011-03-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 827/11 · this notice2011-03-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the South China Sea →
- issued
- 2011-03-17 01:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2011-03-20 01:30Z
- authority
- SPOCC 170023Z MAR 11.
- issued by
- SPOCC
- sea
- South China Sea
- position
- 9.200, 109.468
- containers
- 1
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
SOUTH CHINA SEA. 1. CONTAINER ADRIFT VICINITY 09-12.0N 109-28.1E AT 160125Z MAR. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 200130Z MAR.
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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
4 within 180 nm since 2000 · 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.
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
- Oil rig reported to exists in 07-47.5N 108-12.0EWrecks · 113.2 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 drifting containers listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 13:02Z; 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.