Piracy

Mothership activity vicinity 07-18.8N 064-10.1E at 020930Z nov

Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2334/10

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2010-11-13 10:14Z

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 021129Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-02 12:02Z. 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 7.313, 64.168. 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: 2010-11-02 12:02Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 021129Z NOV 10.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Arabian Sea
position: 7.313, 64.168
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
PIRACY.
MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY VICINITY 07-18.8N 064-10.1E
AT 020930Z NOV. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
100 MILES CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION. REPORTS TO IMB PIRACY REPORTING
CENTER, TELEX: 34199, 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.
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

12 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.

Possible piracy activity in vicinity: a. 00-34.00N 061-29.00E2024-01-31
M/V attacked in 09-00N 066-27E at 231015Z mar2011-03-23
Pirate action group in 09-21N 062-47E at 300909Z jan2011-01-30
Possible pirate activity in 06-15N 064-44E at 100558Z nov2010-11-10
M/V attacked in 06-03N 065-00E at 090834Z nov2010-11-09
Mothership activity vicinity 06-50N 065-00E2010-10-05

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 2026-10-02 01:56Z; 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 →

Not for navigation. This is a re-rendering of an official navigational warning for awareness; mariners must use official NAVAREA broadcasts and their national MSI service.