Piracy

Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-02.6S 046-50.5E

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 1087/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-06-05 09:21Z

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 VII 101/10 251142Z MAY 10.. Issued 2010-05-26 10:16Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -13.043, 46.842. 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 Mozambique Channel →

issued: 2010-05-26 10:16Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA VII 101/10 251142Z MAY 10.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA VII · named as the source of this relay
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -13.043, 46.842
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
PIRACY.
1. POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY
   VICINITY 13-02.6S 046-50.5E.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 09 JUN.

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.
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

5 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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 mekong river attacked in 12-47.52S 046-19.72E at 210636Z sep2011-09-21
F/V attacked in 13-09S 048-49E at 011321Z jan2011-01-01
M/V attacked in 11-06S 046-07E at 021100Z apr2010-04-02
M/V attacked in 11-02S 046-57E at 151317Z mar2010-03-15

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 2026-09-24 23:48Z; 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.