Piracy

M/V approached by pirates in 14-41.25N 051-03.40E at 170530Z may

Gulf of Aden · HYDROPAC 1724/17

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2017-05-24 10:09Z

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 170945Z MAY 17.. Issued 2017-05-17 10:09Z. 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 14.688, 51.057. 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: 2017-05-17 10:09Z
status: Archived notice
self-cancels: 2017-05-24 10:09Z
authority: IMBPC 170945Z MAY 17.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Gulf of Aden
position: 14.688, 51.057
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF ADEN.
YEMEN.
DNC 10.
1. M/V APPROACHED BY PIRATES IN 14-41.25N 051-03.40E
   AT 170530Z MAY. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
   CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
   CAUTION.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 241009Z 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.
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.
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

97 within 180 nm since 2007 · 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 hijacked in vicinity balhaf (14-00.20N 048-10.46E) at 100918Z sep2026-09-10
M/V hijacked in 14-32.00N 051-28.50E by six pirates2026-08-20
M/V attacked in 14-28.00N 053-29.00E at 210811Z mar2024-03-21
Vessel attacked in 13-43.00N 050-37.40E at 171230Z may2020-05-18
M/V approached by pirates in 13-57N 051-43E at 310535Z mar2018-03-31
Vessel attacked in 14-08.7N 048-57.3E at 211940Z nov2017-11-21

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 19:53Z; 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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