Piracy & armed robbery reports in the Arabian Sea

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

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last 12 months
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since 2009
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Coverage note: the NGA archive ends 2024-05 and live collection began 2026-08-17. Warnings issued in between are here only if they were still in force when collection started, so 2024–2026 are under-counted.

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No piracy & armed robbery reports in force in the Arabian Sea right now.

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  1. HYDROPAC 687/102010-04-05 → 2010-04-17
    M/V attacked in 18-21N 059-01E at 050313Z apr
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  2. HYDROPAC 684/102010-04-04 → 2010-04-24
    M/V hijacked in 08-21N 065-00E at 040828Z apr
    Southern Arabian Sea · Piracy
  3. HYDROPAC 670/102010-04-02 → 2010-04-17
    M/V attacked in 12-46N 058-07E at 020843Z apr
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  4. HYDROPAC 647/102010-03-31 → 2010-04-03
    M/V attacked in 10-32N 058-00E at 311700Z mar
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  5. HYDROPAC 579/102010-03-23 → 2010-04-03
    M/V attacked in 17-27N 056-42E at 231333Z mar
    Oman-southeast Coast · Piracy
  6. HYDROPAC 575/102010-03-23 → 2010-04-03
    M/V attacked in 11-41N 066-05E at 230555Z mar
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  7. HYDROPAC 568/102010-03-22 → 2010-04-03
    Piracy attack reported in 14-56N 055-03E at 221215Z mar
    Gulf of Aden · Piracy
  8. HYDROPAC 566/102010-03-21 → 2010-03-27
    Vessel attacked in 11-10.0N 062-22.9E at 201200Z mar (approximately 500 miles southeast of socotra island)
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  9. HYDROPAC 194/102010-01-31 → 2010-02-20
    Hijacked vessel, blue hull with white superstructure, in 10-28N 053-38E at 311618Z jan
    Western Indian Ocean · Somalia · Piracy
  10. HYDROPAC 193/102010-01-31 → 2010-01-31
    Hijacked vessel, blue hull with white superstructure, in 09-56N 053-19E at 311316Z jan
    Western Indian Ocean · Somalia · Piracy
  11. HYDROPAC 163/102010-01-28 → 2010-02-13
    Mothership activity vicinity 12-43N 056-16E
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  12. HYDROPAC 156/102010-01-27 → 2010-01-28
    Mothership activity vicinity 12-58N 056-33E
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  13. HYDROPAC 143/102010-01-26 → 2010-01-30
    Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-08N 056-56E at 261128Z jan (approximately 153 miles east of socotra…
    Arabian Sea · Piracy
  14. HYDROPAC 2453/092009-12-31 → 2010-01-17
    Possible mothership, dhow with one skiff in tow, in 11-49N 062-50E at 310834Z dec
  15. HYDROPAC 2438/092009-12-30 → 2010-01-09
    M/V attacked in 11-42N 063-01E at 300448Z dec
  16. HYDROPAC 2349/092009-12-15 → 2009-12-19
    Possible mothership activity in 14-12N 054-17E at 140900Z dec
  17. HYDROPAC 2293/092009-12-07 → 2009-12-12
    Merchant vessel hijacked in 10-50N 060-00E at 060630Z dec (approximately 345 miles southeast of socotra…
  18. HYDROPAC 2262/092009-12-02 → 2009-12-19
    M/V attacked by two skiffs in 14-24N 054-17E at 021006Z dec
  19. HYDROPAC 2084/092009-11-12 → 2009-12-05
    Two vessels were attacked by pirates in 14-40N 054-12E and 14-30N 054-06E on 12 nov
  20. HYDROPAC 531/092009-03-13 → 2009-03-16
    Pirates continue to pursue merchant vessels off the northeast coast of somalia, approximately 550 miles east…
  21. HYDROPAC 323/092009-02-11 → 2009-02-14
    Six pirates armed with rpg and guns in a speed boat chased and fired upon a bulk carrier in 10-39N 054-50E…

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