M/V possibly hijacked in 00-26.49S 008-51.45E at 150452Z jul
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1708/13
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2013-07-27 09:45Z
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 160030Z JUL 13.. Issued 2013-07-16 00:48Z. 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 -0.442, 8.857. 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 1702/132013-07-15 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1708/13 · this notice2013-07-16 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 1710/132013-07-16 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2013-07-16 00:48Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 160030Z JUL 13.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- -0.442, 8.857
- vessel
- M/V POSSIBLY · 8 messages
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. GABON. PIRACY. M/V POSSIBLY HIJACKED IN 00-26.49S 008-51.45E AT 150452Z JUL. 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: IMBKL@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
18 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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.
- M/V glebe bulker boarded by pirates while at anchor in 00-16.60N 009-29.50E at 020100Z may2023-05-02
- M/V attacked in 02-25.00N 008-24.00E at 120250Z dec2022-12-12
- M/V attacked in 01-34N 009-05E at 300300Z dec2021-12-30
- M/V attacked in 00-18N 009-24E at 050100Z sep2021-09-05
- M/V approached by pirates in 01-07S 007-02E at 140825Z jul2021-07-15
- M/V attacked in 00-41S 006-07E at 081658Z feb2021-02-08
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 2026-10-04 05:11Z; 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.