Piracy

Pirate action group in 17-52N 066-05E at 020359Z jan

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 17/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-01-15 10:25Z

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 10/11 020814Z JAN 11.. Issued 2011-01-02 08:29Z. 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 17.867, 66.083. 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: 2011-01-02 08:29Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 10/11 020814Z JAN 11.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 17.867, 66.083
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

ARABIAN SEA.
PIRACY.
PIRATE ACTION GROUP IN 17-52N 066-05E AT 020359Z 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

28 within 180 nm since 2010 · 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.

M/V attacked by drone in 19-49.00N 066-17.00E2023-12-23
M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 16-20N 068-04E at 181300Z nov2014-11-19
M/V approached by pirates in 16-00.6N 065-55.7E at 171730Z nov2013-11-18
M/V attacked in 16-54N 065-59E at 140652Z apr2012-04-15
Possible mothership activity in 20-28N 064-47E at 060705Z dec2011-12-06
Possible mothership activity in 20-23.90N 067-00.96E2011-08-19

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 2026-10-03 17:35Z; 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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