Piracy

Armed robbery in 06-07.50S 012-12.60E at 240120Z aug

South Atlantic Ocean · HYDROLANT 2105/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-08-29 00:23Z

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 0/22 260002Z AUG 22.. Issued 2022-08-26 00:24Z. 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: South Atlantic Ocean. The parsed report position is -6.125, 12.210. 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 South Atlantic Ocean →

issued: 2022-08-26 00:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-08-29 00:23Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/22 260002Z AUG 22.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: South Atlantic Ocean
position: -6.125, 12.210
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN SOUTH ATLANTIC.
ANGOLA.
DNC 01.
1. ARMED ROBBERY IN 06-07.50S 012-12.60E
   AT 240120Z AUG. 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 290023Z AUG 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.
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.
CANCEL THIS MSG: The warning's own expiry: a line telling the reader when the message cancels itself.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

9 within 180 nm since 2014 · 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 attacked in 05-29.00S 009-34.00E at 252239Z mar2023-03-28
M/V attacked in 05-02.00S 009-34.00E at 260100Z mar2023-03-26
M/V attacked in 04-42S 011-44E at 040045Z jan2021-01-04
Two vessels attacked in 04-47S 010-07E at 291250Z oct2018-10-29
M/V reports possible piracy activity in vicinity 04-46.7S 011-47.0E at 222310Z oct2018-10-24
M/V attacked in 04-44.4S 011-47.2E at 242156Z nov2016-11-24

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

NAVAREA VII 246 of 2026 (24 aug 26) 1. south atlantic ocean - ne sector - offshore orange river mouth 2.…Cable ops · 71.1 nm
Operation on cableOther · 96.9 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 15:17Z; 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.