Piracy

Chemical tanker reported hijacked in 13-11N 046-38E at 291400Z aug

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1683/08

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2008-09-12 00:00Z

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) · E-MAIL DOMINIC 29 AUG 08.. Issued 2008-08-29 20:44Z. 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 Aden. The parsed report position is 13.183, 46.633. 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: 2008-08-29 20:44Z
status: Archived notice
authority: E-MAIL DOMINIC 29 AUG 08.
issued by: E-MAIL DOMINIC
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 13.183, 46.633
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. CHEMICAL TANKER REPORTED HIJACKED IN
   13-11N 046-38E AT 291400Z AUG.
   CAUTION ADVISED.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 12 SEP.

Reading this warning

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

91 within 180 nm since 2008 · 2 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.

M/V possibly hijacked in 13-23.00N 047-55.00E2026-09-10
M/V hijacked in vicinity balhaf (14-00.20N 048-10.46E) at 100918Z sep2026-09-10
M/V attacked in 12-38.65N 048-24.06E at 100457Z may2024-05-10
M/V attacked in 11-49.00N 044-38.00E on 06 mar2024-03-06
Vessel attacked in 11-59.00N 044-30.00E on 06 feb2024-02-06
M/V approached by pirates in 11-32.00N 048-01.00E2024-01-28

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 2026-09-28 19:36Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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