Piracy & armed robbery reports in the South China 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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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 South China Sea right now.

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Other hazards in the South China Sea

Archive · 139 cancelled

  1. HYDROPAC 1482/102010-07-20 → 2010-07-31
    Vessel attacked in 01-59N 109-00E at 121845Z jul
    South China Sea · Piracy
  2. HYDROPAC 1456/102010-07-15 → 2010-07-24
    Vessel attacked in 01-58.9N 108-43.8E at 131900Z jul
    South China Sea · Piracy
  3. HYDROPAC 1361/102010-07-01 → 2010-07-11
    M/V attacked in 01-03.6N 103-33.9E at 281520Z jun
    Singapore Strait · Piracy
  4. HYDROPAC 1259/102010-06-17 → 2010-06-26
    Vessel attacked in 03-01.9N 108-15.8E at 151945Z jun
    South China Sea · Piracy
  5. HYDROPAC 1247/102010-06-15 → 2010-06-26
    Vessel attacked in 03-21.3N 105-48.2E at 122000Z jun
    South China Sea · Piracy
  6. HYDROPAC 1217/102010-06-11 → 2010-06-19
    Vessel attacked in 03-10N 108-37E at 091710Z jun
    South China Sea · Piracy
  7. HYDROPAC 962/102010-05-10 → 2010-05-24
    Vessels attacked in: a. 03-22.3N 105-27.2E at 081645Z may
    South China Sea · Piracy
  8. HYDROPAC 916/102010-05-04 → 2010-05-15
    M/V towing barge attacked in 03-50N 103-41E at 012230Z may
    South China Sea · Piracy
  9. HYDROPAC 892/102010-04-29 → 2010-05-08
    M/V towing barge attacked in 04-44.2N 103-58.1E at 271333Z apr
    South China Sea · Piracy
  10. HYDROPAC 834/102010-04-22 → 2010-04-24
    M/V towing barge hijacked in 04-32N 104-29E at 192228Z apr
    South China Sea · Piracy
  11. HYDROPAC 819/102010-04-21 → 2010-05-05
    M/V hijacked in 03-00N 106-00E at 181915Z apr
    South China Sea · Anambas Islands · Piracy
  12. HYDROPAC 733/102010-04-10 → 2010-04-18
    M/V attacked in 03-14.9N 105-26.7E at 081755Z apr
    South China Sea · Piracy
  13. HYDROPAC 720/102010-04-09 → 2010-04-18
    Eight pirates armed with knives boarded a tanker underway in 02-44.2N 105-16.3E at 071500Z apr
    South China Sea · Piracy
  14. HYDROPAC 681/102010-04-04 → 2010-04-18
    M/V attacked vicinity 10-38.1N 106-46.1E at 021930Z apr
    South China Sea · Vietnam · Piracy
  15. HYDROPAC 586/102010-03-24 → 2010-04-03
    Two f/v's attacked by pirates in 05-16N 106-30E at 230901Z mar
    South China Sea · Piracy
  16. HYDROPAC 295/102010-02-15 → 2010-02-19
    M/V asta towing barge suspected hijacked on 05 feb
    South China Sea · Piracy
  17. HYDROPAC 291/102010-02-14 → 2010-02-15
    M/V asta towing barge suspected hijacked on 05 feb
    South China Sea · Piracy
  18. HYDROPAC 66/102010-01-14 → 2010-01-23
    M/V attacked in 10-15.2N 107-04.5E at 111905Z jan
    Vietnam-south Coast · Piracy
  19. HYDROPAC 2437/092009-12-30 → 2010-01-13
    About six small unlit vessels chased a tanker underway vicinity 01-04.7N 103-38.5E at 281230Z dec
  20. HYDROPAC 2148/092009-11-20 → 2009-11-28
    Pirates armed with knives and swords in a small fishing boat boarded a product tanker underway in 03-09.7N…
  21. HYDROPAC 2121/092009-11-18 → 2009-11-28
    Ten pirates armed with knives and crow bars boarded a bulk carrier underway in 03-12.4N 105-29.1E at 151820Z…
  22. HYDROPAC 1858/092009-10-14 → 2009-10-24
    F/V reports being chased and fired upon by pirates in 06-29N 107-43E at 140230Z oct
  23. HYDROPAC 1697/092009-09-20 → 2009-10-04
    Six pirates armed with knives and machetes boarded a chemical tanker underway from astern using ropes in…
  24. HYDROPAC 1402/092009-08-06 → 2009-08-17
    Five pirates armed with knives boarded a M/V underway in 02-51.7N 105-06.1E at 011630Z aug
  25. HYDROPAC 1371/092009-08-01 → 2009-08-08
    12 pirates in a seven meter vessel approached a container ship underway in 04-39.2N 112-45.0E at 281357Z jul
  26. HYDROPAC 1202/092009-06-30 → 2009-07-14
    Six armed pirates in a small vessel boarded a M/V underway in 01-57.2N 104-47.8E at 271715Z jun
  27. HYDROPAC 1194/092009-06-28 → 2009-07-12
    Six pirates armed with knives, crowbars and batons boarded an lpg tanker underway in 02-47.1N 105-07.6E at…
  28. HYDROPAC 1187/092009-06-27 → 2009-07-11
    Eight pirates armed with long knives boarded a general cargo vessel underway in 02-58N 105-11E at 251930Z jun
  29. HYDROPAC 1016/092009-05-29 → 2009-06-06
    Five pirates armed with guns and knives boarded a tug underway off the coast of aur island (02-24N 104-24E)…
  30. HYDROPAC 812/092009-04-24 → 2009-05-08
    Nga chart 71450 (1ST ed)
  31. HYDROPAC 799/092009-04-22 → 2009-05-02
    Nga chart 71450 (1ST ed)
  32. HYDROPAC 668/092009-04-03 → 2009-04-11
    Nga chart 71440 (2ND ed)
  33. HYDROPAC 2401/082008-12-05 → 2008-12-13
    Nga chart 93101 (3RD ed)
  34. HYDROPAC 1953/082008-10-05 → 2008-10-19
    Nga chart 71445 (1ST ed)
  35. HYDROPAC 1950/082008-10-05 → 2008-10-19
    Nga chart 71450 (1ST ed)
  36. HYDROPAC 1921/082008-10-01 → 2008-10-15
    Nga chart 71027 (9TH ed)
  37. HYDROPAC 1259/082008-07-04 → 2008-07-12
    Six pirates, armed with knives, boarded a tug towing a barge underway in 02-30.6N 104-14.0E at 281730Z jun
  38. HYDROPAC 1076/082008-06-06 → 2008-06-15
    Eight pirates, armed with long knives and bars, boarded a container ship underway in 03-24N 105-31E at…
  39. HYDROPAC 359/062006-03-04 → 2006-03-06
    Piracy attack reported in 00-54.3N 105-53.2E at 021455Z mar

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