Piracy

M/V attacked in 04-43N 003-44E

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 359/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-18 10:41Z

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) · IMPBC 130729Z FEB 12.. Issued 2012-02-13 08:13Z. 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 4.717, 3.733. 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 Gulf of Guinea →

issued: 2012-02-13 08:13Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMPBC 130729Z FEB 12.
issued by: IMPBC
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 4.717, 3.733
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 ATTACKED IN 04-43N 003-44E. 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.
Keep a sharp lookout: A request to every ship in the area to watch for the vessel, people or object described.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

160 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 attacked in 02-13N 004-50E at 250851Z oct2021-10-25
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

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 2026-10-02 02:47Z; 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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