M/V approached by pirates in 06-04.0N 001-15.9E at 092230Z may
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1171/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-05-18 10:22Z
This notice comes from the historical archive. Its archived status does not establish when or how the reported situation ended.
- Source and dates
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · IMBPC 101215Z MAY 13.. Issued 2013-05-10 14:03Z. First collected 2026-08-17 13:38Z; last seen in collection 2026-08-17 15:46Z. Collection dates record ingestion, not a new incident or a fresh field observation.
- Location covered
- Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 6.067, 1.265. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROLANT 1126/132013-05-06 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1171/13 · this notice2013-05-10 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2013-05-10 14:03Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 101215Z MAY 13.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 6.067, 1.265
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. TOGO. PIRACY. M/V APPROACHED BY PIRATES IN 06-04.0N 001-15.9E AT 092230Z MAY. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
Reading this warning
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Position (degrees and minutes)
- How warnings write positions: degrees, a hyphen, then minutes, with N/S and E/W — 49-40.8N 003-43.8W.
- Date-time group (DTG)
- A compact UTC timestamp — day, hour and minute followed by Z — such as 201500Z for the 20th at 15:00 UTC.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
61 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now
Counts include repeat notices about the same situation. NGA archive coverage ends 2024-05; live collection began 2026-08-17. The period between them is incomplete. An empty year is not evidence that no hazards occurred.
- F/V attacked in 04-33N 002-23E at 311930Z may2021-06-01
- F/V attacked in 04-33.5N 000-15.6E at 191830Z may2021-05-20
- M/V attacked in 05-04N 001-07E at 170419Z nov2020-11-17
- M/V attacked in 05-12N 002-35E at 110119Z nov2020-11-11
- M/V attacked in 04-45.7N 002-26.0E at 092036Z nov2020-11-10
- M/V attacked in 03-28N 002-35E at 070640Z nov2020-11-08
Month of issue in the collected archive
All available years combined. Uneven collection and repeat bulletins affect these counts; this chart does not measure the seasonality or probability of incidents.
Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm
No other collected notice is currently listed in force within this radius. This does not establish safe conditions.
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 11:11Z; source collection times vary.
Piracy
Vessels attacked or boarded, suspicious approaches, pirate action groups — Gulf of Aden, Gulf of Guinea, Malacca and Singapore Straits, South China Sea. All current piracy & armed robbery reports →
Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.