Multiple vessels attacked in vicinity 04-00.10N 009-38.00E at 302245Z jun
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1487/23
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2023-07-05 01:43Z
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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/23 020116Z JUL 23.. Issued 2023-07-02 01:43Z. 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 4.002, 9.633. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2023-07-02 01:43Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2023-07-05 01:43Z
- authority
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/23 020116Z JUL 23.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 4.002, 9.633
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. CAMEROON. 1. MULTIPLE VESSELS ATTACKED IN VICINITY 04-00.10N 009-38.00E AT 302245Z JUN. ONE VESSEL BOARDED AND FIVE CREW MEMBERS KIDNAPPED. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 050143Z JUL 23.
Reading this warning
- 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.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
82 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.
- Possible pirate attack reported in vicinity of trackline joining 01-42.00N 009-30.00E, 03-25.00N 005-12.00E2023-06-27
- M/V attacked in 02-46N 008-45E at 131007Z dec2022-12-13
- M/V attacked in 02-25.00N 008-24.00E at 120250Z dec2022-12-12
- M/V approached by pirates in area within 15 miles of 03-01.18N 006-58.25E at 082300Z aug2022-08-09
- M/V attacked in 01-34N 009-05E at 300300Z dec2021-12-30
- Vessel attacked in 03-11.41N 007-49.02E on 13 dec2021-12-13
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
- Aids to navigationNav aids · 110.5 nm
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-02 01:32Z; 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.