Piracy

Tug and barge hijacked in 07-56.33N 117-17.05E at 270438Z jul

Sulu Sea · HYDROPAC 2203/12

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2012-08-04 10:05Z

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 020850Z AUG 12.. Issued 2012-08-02 09:39Z. 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: Sulu Sea. The parsed report position is 7.939, 117.284. 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 Sulu Sea →

issued: 2012-08-02 09:39Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 020850Z AUG 12.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Sulu Sea
position: 7.939, 117.284
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
BALABAC STRAIT.
PIRACY.
TUG AND BARGE HIJACKED IN 07-56.33N 117-17.05E
AT 270438Z JUL. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE EXTREME
CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER,
PHONE: 603 2031 0014, FAX: 603 2078 5769,
E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
Tow / towing: A vessel towing another vessel, a barge or a structure — slow, hard to manoeuvre, and with a long line between.
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

8 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.

Two F/V attacked, three persons kidnapped in 05-34.05N 119-07.05E at 230358Z sep2019-09-24
M/V reports act of piracy in sandakan (05-48.1N 118-05.4E) at 100600Z jul2018-07-11
M/V attacked in 06-20.5N 118-08.0E at 050600Z mar2017-03-06
Vessel attacked in 06-09N 119-34E at 191022Z feb2017-02-19
Singapore to malaysia2014-07-16
Vessel attacked in 06-59.9N 119-44.8E at 240625Z oct2011-10-25

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 11:46Z; 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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