Containers

Container adrift vicinity 14-58N 062-42W at 252000Z feb

Caribbean Sea · NAVAREA IV 88/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-03-01 01:45Z

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) · WEST INDIES 8/10 252355Z FEB 10.. Issued 2010-02-26 01:49Z. 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
Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 14.967, -62.700. 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

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.

  1. NAVAREA IV 88/10 · this notice2010-02-26 · Archived notice
  2. NAVAREA IV 90/102010-02-26 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROLANT 381/102010-03-02 · Archived notice
  4. NAVAREA IV 99/102010-03-03 · Archived notice
Compare all 4 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Caribbean Sea →

issued
2010-02-26 01:49Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2010-03-01 01:45Z
authority
WEST INDIES 8/10 252355Z FEB 10.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA IV
issued by
WEST INDIES
sea
Caribbean Sea
position
14.967, -62.700
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 VICINITY 14-58N 062-42W
   AT 252000Z FEB.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 010145Z 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.

All warning terms →

Collected reports in this area · drifting containers

11 within 180 nm since 2003 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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17

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

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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

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 drifting containers listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-03 14:23Z; 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.