M/V hijacked in 05-12.56N 004-03.68E at 052330Z oct
Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 2378/12
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2012-10-11 15:22Z
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 102358Z OCT 12.. Issued 2012-10-11 00:25Z. 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 parsed report position is 5.209, 4.061. 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
Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →
- issued
- 2012-10-11 00:25Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 102358Z OCT 12.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Gulf of Guinea
- position
- 5.209, 4.061
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
GULF OF GUINEA. NIGERIA. PIRACY. M/V HIJACKED IN 05-12.56N 004-03.68E AT 052330Z OCT. VESSELS REQUESTED TO KEEP A SHARP LOOKOUT AND EXERCISE CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER, TELEX: MA 34199, PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 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.
- 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.
- Keep a sharp lookout
- A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
156 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.
- M/V approached by pirates in 02-56N 002-41E at 061619Z jun2021-06-06
- M/V attacked in 02-49N 002-31E at 061700Z jun2021-06-06
- F/V attacked in 04-33N 002-23E at 311930Z may2021-06-01
- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 03-02N 003-16E at 201855Z apr2021-04-20
- M/V attacked in 03-02N 002-55E at 140550Z mar2021-03-14
- M/V attacked in 02-48N 002-36E at 111512Z mar2021-03-11
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 05:52Z; 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.