Containers

Shipping containers adrift in area bound by 63-44.03N 068-29.21W, 63-42.59N 068-25.24W, 63-40.94N…

Davis Strait · NAVAREA IV 1250/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-10-31 03:50Z

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) · MCTS 0/23 280347Z OCT 23.. Issued 2023-10-28 03:51Z. 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: Davis Strait. The map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the Davis Strait →

issued: 2023-10-28 03:51Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-10-31 03:50Z
authority: MCTS 0/23 280347Z OCT 23.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: MCTS
sea: Davis Strait
position: 63.704, -68.466
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

DAVIS STRAIT.
CANADA.
1. SHIPPING CONTAINERS ADRIFT
   IN AREA BOUND BY
   63-44.03N 068-29.21W, 63-42.59N 068-25.24W,
   63-40.94N 068-24.99W, 63-40.96N 068-29.30W,
   63-42.93N 068-31.10W.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 310350Z OCT 23.

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.
Area bound by: Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

1 within 180 nm since 2023 · 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

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 06:53Z; 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.