M/V energy centurion hijacked in 05-52N 001-24E on 28 aug
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 1976/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-08-31 09:50Z
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 280910Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-28 09:45Z. 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 5.850, 1.567. 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
- Cancel HYDROLANT 1976/12 and this msg, vessel safelater cancellation notice
These messages are connected by recorded cancellation references. The links establish relationships between notices; they do not by themselves confirm a single object, a continuous track, or recovery.
- HYDROLANT 1976/12 · this notice2012-08-28 · Archived notice
- HYDROLANT 2013/122012-08-31 · Archived notice
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2012-08-28 09:45Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 280910Z AUG 12.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 5.850, 1.567
- vessel
- M/V ENERGY CENTURION
- 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 ENERGY CENTURION HIJACKED IN 05-52N 001-24E ON 28 AUG. LAST KNOWN POSITION VICINITY 05-50N 001-44E AT 280830Z AUG. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: MA 34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769, E-MAIL: 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.
- Last known position
- The most recent confirmed position of a missing vessel or person — the starting point of a search.
- 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
63 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 02-55N 001-56E at 300424Z jan2021-01-30
- 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
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 2026-10-03 04:17Z; 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.