Piracy

Possible pirate activity in 24-51N 057-28E at 201045Z jan

Gulf of Oman · HYDROPAC 174/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-01-28 10:56Z

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 8/12 201559Z JAN 12.. Issued 2012-01-20 16:46Z. 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 24.850, 57.467. 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: 2012-01-20 16:46Z
status: Archived notice
authority: MSCHOA REQ 8/12 201559Z JAN 12.
issued by: MSCHOA REQ
sea: Gulf of Oman
position: 24.850, 57.467
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

GULF OF OMAN.
PIRACY.
POSSIBLE PIRATE ACTIVITY IN 24-51N 057-28E AT
201045Z 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

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.

Vessel reports possible piracy activity in vicinity 25-25.1N 057-37.0E at 130400Z jun2019-06-13
M/V approached by pirates in 24-57N 057-42E on 12 dec2017-12-14
M/V attacked in vicinity 24-51N 058-33E at 222030Z nov2017-11-23
M/V approached by pirates in 25-31N 057-25E at 11120Z jul2017-07-11
M/V attacked in 25-32N 057-33E at 071440Z may2017-05-07
Guidance to vessels operating in or near the strait of hormuz2015-05-01

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

Lattice beacon 25-38.19N 057-45.86E inoperativeNav aids · 49.9 nm
GPS, GNSS, and AIS interference reported in vicinity of fujairah (25-07.33N 056-20.05E)Nav aids · 63.8 nm
Derelict 274 meter M/V adalynn unlit and anchored in 25-36.99N 056-24.85EDerelicts · 73.4 nm
M/V cape dao suffered a security incident, disabled and adrift in 26-23.40N 056-34.40EDerelicts · 104.3 nm
Mine reported in 26-24.58N 056-20.67EMines · 111.6 nm
Fish farms established in areas bound by: a. 26-43.84N 056-56.88E, 26-43.80N 056-56.95E, 26-43.74N…Other · 116.3 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 04:33Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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