Possible mothership activity by vessel mt polar in 16-57.02N 066-48.24E at 290104Z nov
Arabian Sea · HYDROPAC 2624/10
What this record establishes
Archived notice · 2010-12-11 10:27Z
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 290300Z NOV 10.. Issued 2010-11-29 04:19Z. 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 16.950, 66.804. It is a position in the source message, not a live location. Check the original wording for limits and qualifications.
Related notices and cancellation links
These reports were linked by category and sea, with positions within 30 nautical miles and issue dates within 30 days of another report's recorded in-force span. Links can extend through other members, so the full group can cover a larger area or period. Proximity does not confirm that they describe one incident.
- HYDROPAC 2624/10 · this notice2010-11-29 · Archived notice
- HYDROPAC 2625/102010-11-29 · Archived notice
- issued
- 2010-11-29 04:19Z
- status
- Archived notice
- authority
- IMBPC 290300Z NOV 10.
- issued by
- IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
- sea
- Arabian Sea
- position
- 16.950, 66.804
- source
- NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z
Original warning text
ARABIAN SEA. PIRACY. POSSIBLE MOTHERSHIP ACTIVITY BY VESSEL MT POLAR IN 16-57.02N 066-48.24E AT 290104Z NOV. THE AREA INVOLVED SHOULD BE AVOIDED IF POSSIBLE. THIS AREA WILL REMAIN HIGH RISK FOR AT LEAST 24-48 HOURS. CAUTION ADVISED.
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.
Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports
24 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.
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- M/V reports approach by suspicious vessel in 16-20N 068-04E at 181300Z nov2014-11-19
- M/V approached by pirates in 16-00.6N 065-55.7E at 171730Z nov2013-11-18
- M/V attacked in 16-54N 065-59E at 140652Z apr2012-04-15
- M/V attacked in 14-50N 068-48E at 050336Z may2011-05-05
- M/V attacked in 19-17N 065-14E at 010528Z apr2011-04-01
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
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 02:29Z; 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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