Piracy

Possible mothership activity by M/V enrico ievoli in 10-22N 052-21E at 190958Z jan

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 168/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-02-04 10:36Z

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 7/12 191332Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-19 13:51Z. 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: Arabian Sea. The parsed report position is 10.367, 52.350. 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 Arabian Sea →

issued: 2012-01-19 13:51Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 7/12 191332Z JAN 12.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 10.367, 52.350
vessel: M/V ENRICO IEVOLI
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
SOMALIA.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY BY M/V ENRICO IEVOLI
IN 10-22N 052-21E AT 190958Z 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

37 within 180 nm since 2002 · 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.

Two fishing vessels hijacked in 08-19.00N 050-10.00E on 12 jan2024-01-14
F/V hijacked in vicinity 11-28.32N 049-52.43E on 02 jan2024-01-02
M/V attacked in 11-50N 054-35E at 240748Z oct2017-10-24
Possible mothe rship activity in 11-57N 050-35E2017-05-26
M/V aris 13 hijacked in 11-47N 050-31E at 150800Z mar2017-03-15
M/V aris 13 hijacked in 11-59N 050-45E at 141830Z mar2017-03-14

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 02:25Z; 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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