21 containers adrift vicinity of trackline between 51-47N 166-55E and 53-01N 179-53W
Irish Sea and St. George's Channel · NAVAREA XII 294/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-11-20 23:15Z
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) · NORPACSARCOORD 172240Z NOV 13.. Issued 2013-11-17 23:15Z. 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
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel. The map shows the reported line or operation extent; it is not a vessel track. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
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.
- NAVAREA XII 294/13 · this notice2013-11-17 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 3573/132013-11-17 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Irish Sea and St. George's Channel →
- issued
- 2013-11-17 23:15Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2013-11-20 23:15Z
- authority
- NORPACSARCOORD 172240Z NOV 13.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA XII
- issued by
- NORPACSARCOORD
- sea
- Irish Sea and St. George's Channel
- position
- 52.400, -6.483
- containers
- 21
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
NORTH PACIFIC. BERING SEA. 1. 21 CONTAINERS ADRIFT VICINITY OF TRACKLINE BETWEEN 51-47N 166-55E AND 53-01N 179-53W. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 202315Z NOV 13.
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.
- Track line joining
- Introduces a route through a series of positions — a cable route, a tow's track or a survey line.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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.
Collected reports in this area · drifting containers
53 within 180 nm since 1999 · 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.
- Containers reported adrift in vicinity: a. 50-08.80N 005-52.60W at 031636Z aug2023-08-03
- Container adrift in vicinity 50-17.00N 003-22.00W at 131253Z jun2023-06-14
- Container adrift in vicinity 53-10N 006-02W at 030640Z may2022-05-03
- Container adrift in 51-30N 004-00W at 291230Z oct2020-10-29
- Container adrift in 51-30N 004-00W at 291230Z oct2020-10-29
- Eight containers adrift at 261600Z oct in vicinity of trackline joining 51-06N 004-31W, 51-27N 003-48W2020-10-26
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 2026-10-03 12:25Z; 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.