Piracy

M/V reports act of piracy vicinity 01-36N 105-23E at 232030Z apr

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 1209/13

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2013-05-11 10:54Z

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 XI 317/13 300348Z APR 13.. Issued 2013-04-30 04:11Z. 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: South China Sea. The parsed report position is 1.600, 105.383. 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 South China Sea →

issued: 2013-04-30 04:11Z
status: Archived notice
authority: NAVAREA XI 317/13 300348Z APR 13.
NAVAREA: NAVAREA XI · named as the source of this relay
sea: South China Sea
position: 1.600, 105.383
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
PIRACY.
1. M/V REPORTS ACT OF PIRACY VICINITY
   01-36N 105-23E AT 232030Z APR.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 14 MAY 13.

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.
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

150 within 180 nm since 2006 · 4 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.

Vessel boarded by four pirates in 01-09.46N 103-27.35E at 301820Z sep2026-09-30
Armed robbery information2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by four armed pirates in 01-07.09N 103-31.06E at 162046Z sep2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by pirates in 01-15.38N 104-06.11E at 160539Z jan2026-01-16
M/V boarded by six pirates in 01-03.13N 103-37.40E at 141643Z jun2025-06-14
M/V boarded by pirates in 01-05.00N 103-42.40E at 131500Z jun2025-06-13

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

Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 77.3 nm
Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 77.3 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 93.7 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 93.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

0 piracy & armed robbery reports listed in force · see all

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:46Z; 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.