Piracy

M/V glebe bulker boarded by pirates while at anchor in 00-16.60N 009-29.50E at 020100Z may

Gulf of Guinea · HYDROLANT 940/23

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2023-05-09 15:41Z

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) · IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/23 021501Z MAY 23.. Issued 2023-05-02 16:24Z. 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: Gulf of Guinea. The parsed report position is 0.277, 9.492. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2023-05-02 16:24Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2023-05-09 15:41Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 0/23 021501Z MAY 23.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Gulf of Guinea
position: 0.277, 9.492
vessel: M/V GLEBE BULKER
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF GUINEA.
GABON.
DNC 01.
1. M/V GLEBE BULKER BOARDED BY PIRATES WHILE
   AT ANCHOR IN 00-16.60N 009-29.50E AT 020100Z MAY.
   PIRATES ESCAPED, THREE PERSONS REPORTED KIDNAPPED.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS AREA AND
   TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION. 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 091541Z MAY 23.

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

18 within 180 nm since 2013 · 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 02-46N 008-45E at 131007Z dec2022-12-13
M/V attacked in 02-25.00N 008-24.00E at 120250Z dec2022-12-12
M/V attacked in 01-34N 009-05E at 300300Z dec2021-12-30
M/V attacked in 02-35N 007-59E at 252126Z oct2021-10-26
M/V attacked in 00-18N 009-24E at 050100Z sep2021-09-05
M/V approached by pirates in 01-07S 007-02E at 140825Z jul2021-07-15

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 02:09Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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