Piracy

M/V mekong river attacked in 12-47.52S 046-19.72E at 210636Z sep

Mozambique Channel · HYDROPAC 2655/11

What this record establishes

Archived notice · 2011-10-01 09:06Z

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 210850Z SEP 11.. Issued 2011-09-21 09:20Z. 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: Mozambique Channel. The parsed report position is -12.792, 46.329. 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: 2011-09-21 09:20Z
status: Archived notice
authority: IMBPC 210850Z SEP 11.
issued by: IMB PIRACY REPORTING CENTER
sea: Mozambique Channel
position: -12.792, 46.329
vessel: M/V MEKONG RIVER · 2 messages
source: NGA MSI broadcast-warn JSON (archive, frozen 2024-05) · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN.
NORTHERN MOZAMBIQUE CHANNEL.
M/V MEKONG RIVER ATTACKED IN 12-47.52S 046-19.72E
AT 210636Z SEP. 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,
E-MAIL: PIRACY@ICC-CCS.ORG.

Reading this warning

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

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Collected reports in this area · piracy & armed robbery reports

7 within 180 nm since 2009 · 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.

M/V attacked in 12-16.1S 043-19.5E at 220850Z sep2011-09-22
F/V attacked in 13-09S 048-49E at 011321Z jan2011-01-01
Possible mothership activity vicinity 13-02.6S 046-50.5E2010-05-26
M/V attacked in 11-06S 046-07E at 021100Z apr2010-04-02
M/V attacked in 11-02S 046-57E at 151317Z mar2010-03-15
A merchant vessel reported being attacked by pirates in 11-26.63S 043-41.99E at 130720Z nov, approximately…2009-11-13

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

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 2026-09-24 23:58Z; source collection times vary.

Piracy

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