Piracy

M/V attacked in 10-16.3N 064-34.7W at 250610Z jan

Caribbean Sea · HYDROLANT 246/22

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2022-02-03 00:17Z

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 9/22 270005Z JAN 22.. Issued 2022-01-27 00:17Z. 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: Caribbean Sea. The parsed report position is 10.272, -64.578. 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 Caribbean Sea →

issued: 2022-01-27 00:17Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2022-02-03 00:17Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 9/22 270005Z JAN 22.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Caribbean Sea
position: 10.272, -64.578
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

EASTERN CARIBBEAN SEA.
VENEZUELA.
DNC 14.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 10-16.3N 064-34.7W AT
   250610Z JAN. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 030017Z FEB 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.
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

4 within 180 nm since 2018 · 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.

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

Dangerous wreck in 10-13.39N 064-42.22WWrecks · 8 nm
Punta palanquete light 10-49.90N 064-12.60W unlitNav aids · 40 nm
Punta charagato light 10-50.48N 064-09.38W unlitNav aids · 42.3 nm
Robledal light 11-02.59N 064-22.63W unlitNav aids · 47.8 nm
Punta oriental light 10-54.00N 065-12.30W unlitNav aids · 52.8 nm
Punta tigre light 11-04.92N 064-13.00W temporarily removedNav aids · 53.1 nm
Hazardous operations in progress until further notice in areas bound by: a. 10-59.88N 064-17.05W, 11-11.68N…Exercises · 97 nm
Isla testigo grande light 11-22.90N 063-07.20W unlitNav aids · 108.8 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:23Z; 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 →

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