Piracy & armed robbery reports in 2023

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

issued in 2023
22
still in force
0
vs 2022
+16%
first · last
01-10 · 12-24

By month

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By NAVAREA series

  • HYDROPAC13
  • HYDROLANT8
  • NAVAREA IV1

Where · top seas

North Atlantic Ocean419%
Red Sea314%
Gulf of Guinea314%
South Pacific Ocean314%
Indian Ocean210%
South Atlantic Ocean210%
South China Sea210%
Java Sea15%
Arabian Sea15%

All piracy & armed robbery reports issued in 2023 · 22

  1. HYDROPAC 4006/232023-12-24 → 2023-12-27
    Two vessels hijacked in vicinity eyl (07-58.00N 049-51.00E) at 240130Z dec
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  2. HYDROPAC 3999/232023-12-23 → 2023-12-27
    M/V attacked by drone in 19-49.00N 066-17.00E
    Arabian Sea
  3. HYDROPAC 3992/232023-12-22 → 2023-12-25
    Vessel attacked in vicinity eyl, somalia (07-57.45N 049-51.37E) at 221630Z dec
    Northwestern Indian Ocean · Somalia
  4. HYDROPAC 3648/232023-11-19 → 2023-11-24
    Piracy incident reported in 14-50.00N 041-55.00E
    Red Sea · Yemen
  5. HYDROPAC 3630/232023-11-18 → 2023-11-21
    Bulk carrier boarded by two armed robbers in 12-03.00S 77-09.00W at 160540Z nov at anchor in callao, peru
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  6. NAVAREA IV 1015/232023-09-01 → 2023-09-04
    23 foot vessel, yellow hull, one person on board, overdue
    Western North Atlantic · North Carolina
  7. HYDROPAC 2598/232023-08-12 → 2023-08-15
    M/V boarded by eight armed robbers in 14-35.60N 120-50.50E at 101602Z aug
    South China Sea · Philippines
  8. HYDROLANT 1655/232023-07-23 → 2023-07-26
    F/V boarded by 13 armed pirates in 08-22.00N 013-32.00W at 220500Z jul
    Eastern North Atlantic · Sierra Leone
  9. HYDROLANT 1514/232023-07-06 → 2023-07-09
    Vessel reports possible piracy activity in vicinity 09-17.00N 013-45.70W at 050150Z jul
    Eastern North Atlantic · Guinea
  10. HYDROLANT 1487/232023-07-02 → 2023-07-05
    Multiple vessels attacked in vicinity 04-00.10N 009-38.00E at 302245Z jun
    Gulf of Guinea · Cameroon
  11. HYDROPAC 2103/232023-06-27 → 2023-06-30
    M/V approached by pirates in 14-50.00N 042-34.20E at 270545Z jun
    Red Sea · Yemen
  12. HYDROLANT 1448/232023-06-27 → 2023-06-30
    Possible pirate attack reported in vicinity of trackline joining 01-42.00N 009-30.00E, 03-25.00N 005-12.00E
    Gulf of Guinea · Equatorial Guinea To Nigeria
  13. HYDROPAC 1875/232023-06-05 → 2023-06-08
    Vessel attacked in 12-00.77S 077-11.76W at 030842Z jun 23
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  14. HYDROPAC 1707/232023-05-22 → 2023-05-25
    M/V boarded by four armed robbers in 01-05.00N 103-33.00E at 211800Z may
    South China Sea · Indonesia
  15. HYDROLANT 940/232023-05-02 → 2023-05-09
    M/V glebe bulker boarded by pirates while at anchor in 00-16.60N 009-29.50E at 020100Z may
    Gulf of Guinea · Gabon
  16. HYDROLANT 769/232023-04-10 → 2023-04-13
    M/V attacked in 00-07.00N 004-34.00W at 101400Z apr
    Eastern North Atlantic
  17. HYDROLANT 675/232023-03-28 → 2023-03-31
    M/V attacked in 05-29.00S 009-34.00E at 252239Z mar
    Eastern South Atlantic
  18. HYDROLANT 658/232023-03-26 → 2023-03-29
    M/V attacked in 05-02.00S 009-34.00E at 260100Z mar
    Eastern South Atlantic
  19. HYDROPAC 891/232023-03-17 → 2023-03-20
    Vessel attacked in 14-13.07N 042-44.01E at 170150Z mar
    Red Sea · Yemen
  20. HYDROPAC 816/232023-03-11 → 2023-03-14
    Vessel attacked in 12-01.25S 077-13.44W at 090645Z mar
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru
  21. HYDROPAC 294/232023-01-27 → 2023-01-30
    Anchored vessel boarded by pirates in 06-14.32S 108-25.33E at 251915Z jan
    Java Sea
  22. HYDROPAC 113/232023-01-10 → 2023-01-13
    Vessel attacked in 12-01.50S 077-12.00W at 090425Z jan
    Eastern South Pacific · Peru

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