Piracy & armed robbery reports in 2022

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

issued in 2022
19
still in force
0
vs 2021
-59%
first · last
01-25 · 12-19

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC10
  • HYDROLANT9

Where · top seas

Gulf of Guinea526%
Singapore Strait316%
North Atlantic Ocean211%
South Pacific Ocean211%
Red Sea211%
Bay of Bengal15%
South Atlantic Ocean15%
Indian Ocean15%
Malacca Strait15%
Caribbean Sea15%

All piracy & armed robbery reports issued in 2022 · 19

  1. HYDROPAC 3626/222022-12-19 → 2022-12-22
    Vessel attacked in 12-01.15S 077-12.32W at 190600Z dec
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  2. HYDROLANT 3199/222022-12-13 → 2022-12-16
    M/V attacked in 02-46N 008-45E at 131007Z dec
    Gulf of Guinea · Cameroon · Equatorial Guinea
  3. HYDROLANT 3184/222022-12-12 → 2022-12-15
    M/V attacked in 02-25.00N 008-24.00E at 120250Z dec
    Gulf of Guinea · Equatorial Guinea
  4. HYDROPAC 3540/222022-12-10 → 2022-12-17
    Vessel attacked in 13-10.00N 042-56.00E at 100528Z dec
    Red Sea · Eritrea
  5. HYDROPAC 3318/222022-11-21 → 2022-11-21
    Vessel attacked in vicinity 13-11.34N 042-28.00E
    Red Sea · Eritrea
  6. HYDROPAC 2822/222022-10-09 → 2022-10-12
    Vessel attacked in 02-45.00N 081-04.00E at 090534Z oct
    Northern Indian Ocean
  7. HYDROLANT 2105/222022-08-26 → 2022-08-29
    Armed robbery in 06-07.50S 012-12.60E at 240120Z aug
    Eastern South Atlantic · Angola
  8. HYDROLANT 1975/222022-08-09 → 2022-08-10
    M/V approached by pirates in area within 15 miles of 03-01.18N 006-58.25E at 082300Z aug
    Gulf of Guinea · Nigeria
  9. HYDROPAC 1821/222022-07-04 → 2022-07-11
    M/V attacked in 01-20.10N 104-18.10E at 032000Z jul
    Singapore Strait · Malaysia
  10. HYDROLANT 1642/222022-06-28 → 2022-07-05
    Vessel reports possible piracy activity in 35-35.00N 006-25.00W
    Eastern North Atlantic · Morocco
  11. HYDROLANT 1612/222022-06-24 → 2022-07-01
    Piracy activity reported in area bound by 02-30.00N 005-00.00E, 02-30.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 007-30.00E,…
    Eastern Atlantic · Gulf of Guinea · Sao Tome and Principe
  12. HYDROLANT 956/222022-04-03 → 2022-04-10
    M/V attacked in 01-31N 001-30E at 031848Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  13. HYDROPAC 695/222022-03-17 → 2022-03-24
    M/V attacked in 22-14.3N 091-49.6E at 151655Z mar
    Bay of Bengal · Bangladesh
  14. HYDROPAC 687/222022-03-16 → 2022-03-23
    M/V attacked in 12-01.61S 077-11.83W at 140100Z mar
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  15. HYDROPAC 583/222022-03-04 → 2022-03-04
    Armed robbery reported by M/V in 01-14.6N 104-04.1E at 011810Z mar
    Singapore Strait · Singapore
  16. HYDROPAC 348/222022-02-09 → 2022-02-16
    M/V attacked in 01-14.4N 104-04.0E
    Singapore Strait · Indonesia
  17. HYDROPAC 306/222022-02-04 → 2022-02-11
    Armed robbery in 03-54.46N 098-47.17E at 022035Z feb
    Strait of Malacca · Indonesia
  18. HYDROLANT 246/222022-01-27 → 2022-02-03
    M/V attacked in 10-16.3N 064-34.7W at 250610Z jan
    Eastern Caribbean Sea · Venezuela
  19. HYDROLANT 239/222022-01-25 → 2022-02-01
    Vessel hijacked in 04-25N 004-10W at 242323Z jan
    Gulf of Guinea · Cote D'ivoire

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