Piracy activity reported in area bound by 02-30.00N 005-00.00E, 02-30.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 007-30.00E,…
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1612/22
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2022-07-01 12:51Z
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) · NAVAREA II 205/22 241101Z JUN 22.. Issued 2022-06-24 13:25Z. 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 map shows an area described by the warning; the listed coordinate is its representative center. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2022-06-24 13:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- self-cancels
- 2022-07-01 12:51Z
- authority
- NAVAREA II 205/22 241101Z JUN 22.
- NAVAREA
- NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 1.250, 6.250
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
EASTERN ATLANTIC. GULF OF GUINEA. SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE. DNC 01. 1. PIRACY ACTIVITY REPORTED IN AREA BOUND BY 02-30.00N 005-00.00E, 02-30.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 007-30.00E, 00-00.00N 005-00.00E. 2. CANCEL THIS MSG 011251Z JUL 22.
Reading this warning
- DNC (Digital Nautical Chart)
- A reference to one of the regions of NGA's Digital Nautical Chart, used to tell the reader which charts a warning affects.
- Piracy and armed robbery
- Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
- Area bound by
- Introduces a list of positions that are the corners of an area — the polygon the warning applies to.
- 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.
- CANCEL THIS MSG
- The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.
- 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
171 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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
Worldwide in the collected sources
0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all
Record snapshot 2026-10-01 18:46Z; 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.