Containers

Container adrift in 18-08N 062-26W at 081400Z dec

North Atlantic Ocean · NAVAREA IV 499/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-12-11 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) · FORT DE FRANCE 27/10 082244Z DEC 10.. Issued 2010-12-08 23:20Z. 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: North Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is 18.133, -62.433. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Current notices and reporting history in the North Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2010-12-08 23:20Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2010-12-11 23:15Z
authority: FORT DE FRANCE 27/10 082244Z DEC 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA IV
issued by: FORT DE FRANCE
sea: North Atlantic Ocean
position: 18.133, -62.433
containers: 1
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
1. CONTAINER ADRIFT IN 18-08N 062-26W AT 081400Z DEC.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 112315Z DEC.

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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

7 within 180 nm since 2003 · 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.

Container adrift vicinity 15-50.0N 062-32.8W at 252015Z feb2011-02-26
Container adrift in 17-50.2N 062-15.3W at 061830Z dec2010-12-08
Containers adrift: a. vicinity 14-58N 062-42W at 252000Z feb2010-02-26
Container adrift in 15-33.9N 061-31.6W at 152212Z apr2006-04-16
Container adrift vicinity 15-43N 061-25W at 082015Z feb2004-02-09
Container adrift in 15-45.8N 061-41.8W2003-10-31

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

Anchoring prohibited until further notice in area bound by 18-13.60N 063-04.15W, 18-13.60N 063-04.70W,…Other · 37 nm
Kitts and nevisSpills · 74.6 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 drifting containers listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 13:44Z; 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.