Piracy

Vessel at anchor boarded and robbed by four pirates in 01-17.98S 116-47.93E at 122125Z apr

Makassar Strait · HYDROPAC 1214/24

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2024-04-17 01:01Z

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 33/24 140100Z APR 24.. Issued 2024-04-14 01:05Z. 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: Makassar Strait. The parsed report position is -1.300, 116.799. 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 Makassar Strait →

issued: 2024-04-14 01:05Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2024-04-17 01:01Z
authority: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 33/24 140100Z APR 24.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Makassar Strait
position: -1.300, 116.799
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

MAKASSAR STRAIT.
INDONESIA.
DNC 04.
1. VESSEL AT ANCHOR BOARDED AND ROBBED BY FOUR
   PIRATES IN 01-17.98S 116-47.93E AT 122125Z APR.
   VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP CLEAR OF THIS
   POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014,
   EMAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 170101Z APR 24.

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

5 within 180 nm since 2017 · 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.

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M/V reports act of piracy in 00-15.4S 117-34.2E at 042005Z apr2018-04-06
M/V attacked in 00-16.15S 117-43.01E at 082300Z jan2018-01-10
M/V attacked in 00-15.7S 117-34.5E at 200200Z apr2017-04-21

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.

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Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-24 23:49Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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