Piracy

F/V attacked in 13-09S 048-49E at 011321Z jan

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 11/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-08 10:26Z

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) · MSCHOA REQ 6/11 011336Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-01 14:12Z. 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 -13.150, 48.817. 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: 2011-01-01 14:12Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 6/11 011336Z JAN 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -13.150, 48.817
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MADAGASCAR-NORTH COAST.
PIRACY.
F/V ATTACKED IN 13-09S 048-49E AT 011321Z JAN.
VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP 100 MILES CLEAR
OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION. REPORTS TO UKMTO DUBAI,
PHONE: 97 150 552 3215, E-MAIL: UKMTO@EIM.AE.

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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

8 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
M/V attacked in 11-33S 050-45E at 190728Z feb2011-02-19
F/V attacked in 12-58S 051-52E at 251030Z dec2010-12-25
M/V conducting mothership operations in 12-45S 051-46E at 250650Z dec2010-12-25
M/V polar conducting mothership operations in 11-24S 050-24E at 242050Z dec2010-12-24
Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-02.6S 046-50.5E2010-05-26

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 02:17Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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