Piracy

M/V attacked in 01-14.8N 104-03.0E at 091439Z may

Singapore Strait · HYDROPAC 1404/21

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2021-05-18 23:11Z

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 120001Z MAY 21.. Issued 2021-05-11 23:11Z. 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
Singapore Strait. The parsed report position is 1.247, 104.050. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

Related notices and cancellation links

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  1. HYDROPAC 1075/212021-04-09 · Archived notice
  2. HYDROPAC 1130/212021-04-13 · Archived notice
  3. HYDROPAC 1404/21 · this notice2021-05-11 · Archived notice
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Current notices and reporting history in the Singapore Strait →

issued
2021-05-11 23:11Z
status
Archived notice
self-cancels
2021-05-18 23:11Z
authority
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER 120001Z MAY 21.
issued by
IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea
Singapore Strait
position
1.247, 104.050
source
NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SINGAPORE STRAIT.
SINGAPORE.
DNC 03.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 01-14.8N 104-03.0E
   AT 091439Z MAY. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO
   KEEP CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
   EXTREME CAUTION.
   REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
   PHONE: 603 2031 0014, 603 2078 5763,
   FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 182311Z MAY 21.

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.
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.
Piracy and armed robbery
Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
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 · 3 in the last 12 months · 0 listed in force now

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Nearby notices listed in force · within 120 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-01 06:37Z; 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 →

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