Piracy

M/V attacked in 25-32N 057-33E at 071440Z may

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 1622/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-05-14 16:53Z

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) · IMBPC 071650Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-07 16:53Z. 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: Gulf of Oman. The parsed report position is 25.533, 57.550. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.

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issued: 2017-05-07 16:53Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-05-14 16:53Z
authority: IMBPC 071650Z MAY 17.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Gulf of Oman
position: 25.533, 57.550
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
IRAN.
DNC 10.
1. M/V ATTACKED IN 25-32N 057-33E AT 071440Z 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, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
   E-MAIL: IMBKL@ICC-CCS.ORG, PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 141653Z MAY 17.

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

22 within 180 nm since 2011 · 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.

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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Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 83.7 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-09-30 02:54Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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