Piracy

Vessel reports act of piracy in 02-20.9N 104-56.1E on 18 aug

South China Sea · HYDROPAC 2482/16

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2016-08-21 09:55Z

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) · SPOCC 181256Z AUG 16.. Issued 2016-08-18 13:15Z. 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: South China Sea. The parsed report position is 2.348, 104.935. 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 South China Sea →

issued: 2016-08-18 13:15Z
status: Archived notice
authority: SPOCC 181256Z AUG 16.
issued by: SPOCC
sea: South China Sea
position: 2.348, 104.935
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

SOUTH CHINA SEA.
MALAYSIA.
PIRACY.
DNC 03, DNC 11.
VESSEL REPORTS ACT OF PIRACY IN 02-20.9N 104-56.1E
ON 18 AUG. VESSELS ARE ADVISED TO KEEP
CLEAR OF THIS POSITION AND TO EXERCISE
EXTREME CAUTION.

Reading this warning

Piracy and armed robbery: Attacks and attempted boardings of ships, and suspicious approaches by small craft.
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.
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.

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

152 within 180 nm since 2006 · 4 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 boarded by four pirates in 01-09.46N 103-27.35E at 301820Z sep2026-09-30
Armed robbery information2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by four armed pirates in 01-07.09N 103-31.06E at 162046Z sep2026-09-17
Vessel boarded by pirates in 01-15.38N 104-06.11E at 160539Z jan2026-01-16
M/V boarded by six pirates in 01-03.13N 103-37.40E at 141643Z jun2025-06-14
M/V boarded by pirates in 01-05.00N 103-42.40E at 131500Z jun2025-06-13

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

Submarine cable repairing works by c/v peter faber, 23 sep to until further noticeCable ops · 80.1 nm
Cable operations in progress until further notice by cableship peter faber in vicinity 01-16.75N 104-08.14ECable ops · 80.1 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger marks light buoy, 01-11.76N 103-52.51E, temporarily removedNav aids · 94 nm
Batu berhanti isolated danger light buoy 01-11.76N 103-52.51E temporarily removedNav aids · 94 nm

Worldwide in the collected sources

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

Record snapshot 2026-10-02 19:01Z; 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.