Piracy & armed robbery reports in 2017

Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea.

issued in 2017
127
still in force
0
vs 2016
+105%
first · last
01-04 · 12-24

By month

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F
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A
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J
A
S
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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC70
  • HYDROLANT50
  • HYDROARC3
  • NAVAREA XII2
  • NAVAREA IV2

Where · top seas

Gulf of Guinea4440%
Gulf of Aden1615%
Red Sea1312%
South China Sea87%
Indian Ocean87%
Arabian Sea66%
Gulf of Oman55%
North Atlantic Ocean44%
Malacca Strait33%
Celebes Sea22%

All piracy & armed robbery reports issued in 2017 · 127

  1. HYDROPAC 1097/172017-03-28 → 2017-04-04
    M/V approached by pirates in 01-07.0N 103-32.3E at 261254Z mar
    South China Sea · Singapore Strait
  2. HYDROPAC 1058/172017-03-26 → 2017-05-26
    M/V casayr ii-no 30 hijacked in vicinity 07-58N 049-53E at 241545Z mar
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  3. HYDROPAC 1038/172017-03-24 → 2017-03-26
    M/V hijacked in vicinity 07-58N 049-53E at 241545Z mar
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  4. HYDROPAC 1037/172017-03-24 → 2017-03-24
    M/V possibly hijacked in vicinity 07-58N 049-53E at 241545Z mar
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  5. HYDROPAC 1035/172017-03-24 → 2017-03-31
    Possible mothership activity in area within 300 miles of 07-58N 049-53E at 241200Z mar
    Arabian Sea · Northwestern Indian Ocean · Gulf of Aden · Somalia
  6. HYDROPAC 1023/172017-03-24 → 2017-04-01
    M/V attacked in vicinity 06-44-32N 122-23-57E at 230403Z mar
    Celebes Sea · Philippines
  7. HYDROPAC 971/172017-03-21 → 2017-03-28
    Vessel attacked in 01-42N 101-28E at 192020Z mar
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  8. HYDROPAC 888/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-17
    M/V aris 13 hijacked in 11-47N 050-31E at 150800Z mar
    Gulf of Aden · Somalia
  9. HYDROPAC 881/172017-03-15 → 2017-03-21
    Maritime alert 2017-003A
    U.S
  10. HYDROPAC 879/172017-03-14 → 2017-03-15
    M/V aris 13 hijacked in 11-59N 050-45E at 141830Z mar
    Gulf of Aden · Somalia
  11. HYDROLANT 786/172017-03-10 → 2017-03-17
    M/V attacked in 03-03N 006-57E at 100630Z mar
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  12. HYDROPAC 819/172017-03-09 → 2017-03-16
    M/V approached by pirates in 13-52N 050-20E at 090845Z mar
    Gulf of Aden · Yemen
  13. HYDROLANT 760/172017-03-08 → 2017-03-15
    M/V attacked in 03-20.0N 004-28.9E at 080800Z mar
    Gulf of Guinea
  14. HYDROLANT 758/172017-03-08 → 2017-03-15
    M/V attacked in 03-16N 004-31E at 080830Z mar
    Gulf of Guinea
  15. HYDROLANT 750/172017-03-07 → 2017-03-14
    M/V attacked in 04-41N 007-09E at 070620Z mar
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  16. HYDROPAC 783/172017-03-06 → 2017-03-18
    M/V attacked in 06-20.5N 118-08.0E at 050600Z mar
    Sulu Sea · Malaysia
  17. HYDROLANT 705/172017-03-03 → 2017-03-10
    M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 04-28N 002-30E at 021540Z mar
    Gulf of Guinea
  18. HYDROPAC 606/172017-02-19 → 2017-02-26
    Vessel attacked in 06-09N 119-34E at 191022Z feb
    Sulu Sea · Philippines
  19. HYDROLANT 571/172017-02-19 → 2017-02-26
    M/V attacked in 05-13N 004-48E at 190908Z feb
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  20. HYDROLANT 431/172017-02-07 → 2017-02-14
    M/V attacked in 03-31N 007-04E at 071936Z feb
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  21. HYDROLANT 403/172017-02-05 → 2017-02-12
    M/V attacked in 03-58.6N 005-28.6E at 051024Z feb
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  22. HYDROLANT 391/172017-02-04 → 2017-02-04
    M/V approached by pirates in 02-43N 004-32E at 041100Z feb
    Gulf of Guinea
  23. HYDROPAC 354/172017-01-31 → 2017-02-07
    M/V attacked in 14-49.1N 042-21.8E at 301220Z jan
    Red Sea · Yemen
  24. HYDROLANT 322/172017-01-31 → 2017-02-07
    M/V attacked by pirates in 08-27.3N 013-26.4W at 300345Z jan
    Eastern North Atlantic · Sierra Leone
  25. HYDROPAC 137/172017-01-14 → 2017-01-14
    Cancel HYDROPAC 26/17 and this msg
    Celebes Sea · Philippines · Piracy
  26. HYDROPAC 96/172017-01-10 → 2017-01-25
    M/V reports approach by four suspicious vessels in 13-05N 043-08E at 090815Z jan
    Red Sea · Piracy
  27. HYDROPAC 26/172017-01-04 → 2017-01-14
    M/V attacked in 06-36N 122-41E at 030725Z jan
    Celebes Sea · Philippines · Piracy

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