Piracy

M/V attacked in 04-08N 001-24E at 172003Z oct

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 3163/20

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2020-10-25 16:56Z

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) · NAVAREA II 309/20 181631Z OCT 20.. Issued 2020-10-18 16:56Z. 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 4.133, 1.400. 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.

  1. HYDROLANT 3159/202020-10-18 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROLANT 3163/20 · this notice2020-10-18 · Archived notice
Compare all 2 notices, changes and original texts →

Current notices and reporting history in the Gulf of Guinea →

issued
2020-10-18 16:56Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2020-10-25 16:56Z
authority
NAVAREA II 309/20 181631Z OCT 20.
NAVAREA
NAVAREA II · named as the source of this relay
sea
Gulf of Guinea
position
4.133, 1.400
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
GHANA.
DNC 01.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 04-08N 001-24E AT 172003Z OCT.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION
   AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO NAVAREA II,
   PHONE: 332 9822 8888,
   E-MAIL: WATCHKEEPERS@MDAT-GOG.ORG.
   AND REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG,
   PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 251656Z OCT 20.

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.
NAVAREA
One of the 21 ocean areas of the World-Wide Navigational Warning Service, each with a coordinator that broadcasts long-range warnings.
Piracy and armed robbery
Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
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

77 within 180 nm since 2012 · 0 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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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

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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 2026-10-01 20:06Z; 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.